Unscramble OVERZEALS and you have 257 words, OVERZEALS itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. OVERZEAL is the best of the shorter words, at 20 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
O1V45E1R1Z10E1A1L12S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from OVERZEALS split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 8 with 7, 47 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
7 of 47 6-letter words from OVERZEALS tie at 15 points; none scores more. LEAVES, LOVERS and REVEAL will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERZEALS, 13 score 14 points, the group's best. LEAVE, SERVE and SOLVE are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OVERZEALS; 10 of them share the top score of 13. ALSO, OVER and LOVE are everyday picks.
12 of 60 3-letter words from OVERZEALS tie at 12 points; none scores more. ARE, ERA and EAR will look familiar.
Trade one tile of OVERZEALS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with OV · ending in LS · all 9-letter words
What OVERZEALS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OVERZEALS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVERZEALS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 257) | 196 | 257 | 185 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
61 of the 257 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LAZOES, LEAZES, LAZOS, LEAZE, SEAZE, LAZO, ZEAS, ZELS, ZOLS, SAZ, SOZ, ZEA and 49 more. 11 of the 257 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: REZES, REZ, SEZ, ZAS, ZA, LEVAS, LEVS, SEV, SOLERA, ARO and LOR.
This word takes every letter of OVERZEALS plus a single extra one.