OVEREDUCATE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. OVEREDUCATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVEREDUCATE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVEREDUCATE is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVEREDUCATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OVEREDUCATE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in OVEREDUCATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OVEREDUCATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OVEREDUCATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To give someone more schooling than their work or situation requires.
To overeducate people is often said with a sigh when graduates cannot find jobs that use their degrees. The word may also carry a joke about people who know too much theory and too little common sense. It is rarely used as a plain compliment.
How OVEREDUCATE is used
Overeducate is used in debates about schooling, job markets and qualifications, usually in the passive.
- Critics say the system tends to overeducate young people for jobs that do not exist.
- Do not overeducate the volunteers; they only need a short briefing.
- He worried that they would overeducate his daughter into discontent.
- Employers claim that graduates are overeducated for entry-level roles.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVEREDUCATE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OVEREDUCATE
2 longer words begin with OVEREDUCATE.
Shorter words from the letters in OVEREDUCATE
Showing 40 of 572. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about OVEREDUCATE
- Is OVEREDUCATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVEREDUCATE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVEREDUCATE worth?
- OVEREDUCATE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVEREDUCATE mean?
- To give someone more schooling than their work or situation requires.
- What letters can be added to OVEREDUCATE?
- OVEREDUCATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of OVEREDUCATE:
Open OVEREDUCATE in the Word Finder