OVERHARVEST is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. OVERHARVEST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVERHARVEST?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVERHARVEST is to know. It scores 20 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVERHARVEST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
overharvestsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OVERHARVEST scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in OVERHARVEST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OVERHARVEST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OVERHARVEST mean in Scrabble?
verb
To take plants, fish or animals from an area faster than they can replace themselves.
To overharvest a fishery or a forest drains it of the stock that future years depend on. Conservation writing treats it as a leading cause of species decline.
How OVERHARVEST is used
Common in ecology, fishing and forestry.
- Fleets overharvest cod whenever quotas are ignored.
- Locals were warned not to overharvest the wild herbs.
- To overharvest ginseng is to risk wiping it out from the hills.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVERHARVEST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OVERHARVEST
3 longer words begin with OVERHARVEST.
Shorter words from the letters in OVERHARVEST
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Common questions about OVERHARVEST
- Is OVERHARVEST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVERHARVEST, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVERHARVEST worth?
- OVERHARVEST is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVERHARVEST mean?
- To take plants, fish or animals from an area faster than they can replace themselves.
- What letters can be added to OVERHARVEST?
- OVERHARVEST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of OVERHARVEST:
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