OVERKEEN is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. OVERKEEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVERKEEN?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVERKEEN is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVERKEEN
No single letter turns OVERKEEN into another word.
How OVERKEEN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OVERKEEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OVERKEEN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OVERKEEN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Too eager or enthusiastic for the situation.
Overkeen suggests an eagerness that makes other people uneasy or that ends in mistakes. It is fairly rare, and most speakers say overeager. A British flavour clings to it because keen is such a typical British word for eager.
How OVERKEEN is used
Used in mildly critical descriptions of people who push too hard.
- The overkeen intern answered every question before it was finished.
- An overkeen salesman can frighten customers away.
- He was overkeen to impress on his first day.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVERKEEN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OVERKEEN
The 8 tiles of OVERKEEN in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in OVERKEEN
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Common questions about OVERKEEN
- Is OVERKEEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVERKEEN, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVERKEEN worth?
- OVERKEEN is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVERKEEN mean?
- Too eager or enthusiastic for the situation.
- What letters can be added to OVERKEEN?
- No single letter can be added to OVERKEEN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OVERKEEN:
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