OVERHEAP is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. OVERHEAP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVERHEAP?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVERHEAP is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVERHEAP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
overheapsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OVERHEAP scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OVERHEAP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OVERHEAP has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OVERHEAP mean in Scrabble?
verb
rareliterary
To pile something up to excess.
You overheap a plate or a cart when it holds more than it safely can. The verb also appears in older writing about burdens, gifts or praise piled on past measure.
How OVERHEAP is used
Overheap is a rare verb found in older or poetic English.
- The cook did overheap the dish with rice.
- Do not overheap the wagon or the axle will break.
- Critics tend to overheap praise on a fashionable author.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVERHEAP and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OVERHEAP
3 longer words begin with OVERHEAP.
Shorter words from the letters in OVERHEAP
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Common questions about OVERHEAP
- Is OVERHEAP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVERHEAP, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVERHEAP worth?
- OVERHEAP is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVERHEAP mean?
- To pile something up to excess.
- What letters can be added to OVERHEAP?
- OVERHEAP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OVERHEAP:
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