OVERCONTROL is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. OVERCONTROL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVERCONTROL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVERCONTROL is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVERCONTROL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
overcontrolsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OVERCONTROL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in OVERCONTROL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 3 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OVERCONTROL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OVERCONTROL mean in Scrabble?
verb
To direct or restrain something more tightly than is needed or helpful.
Parents, bosses and engineers can overcontrol a child, a team or a machine, and the result is often worse than a lighter touch. The prefix marks the excess rather than a new activity.
How OVERCONTROL is used
Used of people who micromanage and of systems tuned too tightly.
- Try not to overcontrol your players during a match.
- Managers who overcontrol every task tend to lose their best staff.
- It is easy to overcontrol a young horse and make it nervous.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVERCONTROL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OVERCONTROL
3 longer words begin with OVERCONTROL.
Shorter words from the letters in OVERCONTROL
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Common questions about OVERCONTROL
- Is OVERCONTROL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVERCONTROL, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVERCONTROL worth?
- OVERCONTROL is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVERCONTROL mean?
- To direct or restrain something more tightly than is needed or helpful.
- What letters can be added to OVERCONTROL?
- OVERCONTROL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of OVERCONTROL:
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