OVEREDIT is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. OVEREDIT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVEREDIT?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVEREDIT is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVEREDIT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
overeditsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OVEREDIT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OVEREDIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OVEREDIT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OVEREDIT mean in Scrabble?
verb
informal
To revise a text, photo or film so much that it loses its quality.
Writers who overedit may polish away their own voice, and photographers who overedit can make an image look fake. The word warns that more changes are not always improvements.
How OVEREDIT is used
Used for writing, photography and video.
- Try not to overedit your first draft.
- She tends to overedit her photos until they look plastic.
- The director chose to overedit the scene and lost its tension.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVEREDIT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OVEREDIT
3 longer words begin with OVEREDIT.
Shorter words from the letters in OVEREDIT
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Common questions about OVEREDIT
- Is OVEREDIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVEREDIT, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVEREDIT worth?
- OVEREDIT is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVEREDIT mean?
- To revise a text, photo or film so much that it loses its quality.
- What letters can be added to OVEREDIT?
- OVEREDIT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OVEREDIT:
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