OVERMILK is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. OVERMILK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVERMILK?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVERMILK is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVERMILK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
overmilksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OVERMILK scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OVERMILK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OVERMILK has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about OVERMILK
- All 8 letters of OVERMILK are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OVERMILK mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To milk an animal too often or too hard, or to draw more from a source than is wise.
On a farm the harm is physical: a cow that is overmilked can suffer sore udders. In figurative use it describes squeezing every last bit of profit or sympathy from something.
How OVERMILK is used
Rare; literal in farming contexts, figurative elsewhere.
- A careless herdsman may overmilk the cows and leave them sore.
- The studio began to overmilk the franchise with one sequel after another.
- Do not overmilk the same joke at every meeting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVERMILK and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OVERMILK
3 longer words begin with OVERMILK.
Shorter words from the letters in OVERMILK
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Common questions about OVERMILK
- Is OVERMILK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVERMILK, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVERMILK worth?
- OVERMILK is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVERMILK mean?
- To milk an animal too often or too hard, or to draw more from a source than is wise.
- What letters can be added to OVERMILK?
- OVERMILK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OVERMILK:
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