OVERBROWSE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. OVERBROWSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVERBROWSE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVERBROWSE is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVERBROWSE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OVERBROWSE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in OVERBROWSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OVERBROWSE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OVERBROWSE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To graze on leaves and shoots so heavily that the plants are damaged.
When deer overbrowse a woodland, young trees cannot grow and the undergrowth thins out. Foresters fence off saplings to protect them when a herd begins to overbrowse the area.
How OVERBROWSE is used
Used in forestry and wildlife management.
- Too many deer overbrowse the young oaks each winter.
- Goats left alone will overbrowse a hillside in a single season.
- The ranger worried that elk would overbrowse the willow stands.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVERBROWSE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OVERBROWSE
2 longer words begin with OVERBROWSE.
Shorter words from the letters in OVERBROWSE
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Common questions about OVERBROWSE
- Is OVERBROWSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVERBROWSE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVERBROWSE worth?
- OVERBROWSE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVERBROWSE mean?
- To graze on leaves and shoots so heavily that the plants are damaged.
- What letters can be added to OVERBROWSE?
- OVERBROWSE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of OVERBROWSE:
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