OVERIDLE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. OVERIDLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVERIDLE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVERIDLE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVERIDLE
No single letter turns OVERIDLE into another word.
How OVERIDLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OVERIDLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OVERIDLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OVERIDLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Excessively lazy or inactive.
Overidle describes someone who does nothing for far too long, a charge that old moralists liked to make. The word is hardly used today outside rare compounds.
How OVERIDLE is used
Rare and old-fashioned in tone.
- The overidle clerk spent his days gazing out the window.
- An overidle mind finds mischief easily.
- Nobody could call that busy farm overidle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVERIDLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OVERIDLE
The 8 tiles of OVERIDLE in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in OVERIDLE
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Common questions about OVERIDLE
- Is OVERIDLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVERIDLE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVERIDLE worth?
- OVERIDLE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVERIDLE mean?
- Excessively lazy or inactive.
- What letters can be added to OVERIDLE?
- No single letter can be added to OVERIDLE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OVERIDLE:
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