OVERLAY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. OVERLAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVERLAY?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVERLAY is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVERLAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
overlaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OVERLAY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in OVERLAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 192,992.
What does OVERLAY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To cover a surface with a layer of something else.
Overlay can mean laying a thin coating over wood or metal, or placing one image or map transparently on top of another. As a noun it names the covering itself, such as a layer of graphics on a video.
How OVERLAY is used
Overlay is used in crafts, design, mapping and computing.
- Craftsmen overlay the cabinet with thin sheets of walnut.
- You can overlay the two maps to compare the borders.
- The editor chose to overlay subtitles on the footage.
- A new road surface was used to overlay the old cracked one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVERLAY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OVERLAY
The 7 tiles of OVERLAY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with OVERLAY
3 longer words begin with OVERLAY.
Shorter words from the letters in OVERLAY
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Common questions about OVERLAY
- Is OVERLAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVERLAY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVERLAY worth?
- OVERLAY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVERLAY mean?
- To cover a surface with a layer of something else.
- What letters can be added to OVERLAY?
- OVERLAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of OVERLAY:
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