OVERNEAT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OVERNEAT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVERNEAT?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVERNEAT is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVERNEAT
No single letter turns OVERNEAT into another word.
How OVERNEAT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OVERNEAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OVERNEAT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OVERNEAT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Tidy to an excessive degree.
Overneat is a mild criticism of a room, a garden or a person that is too tidy to feel natural. A hedge trimmed into perfect lines may look overneat, and so may an essay with no loose edges. The word hints that tidiness has been taken past the point where it helps.
How OVERNEAT is used
Used before a noun or after "was" to describe excessive tidiness.
- The overneat lawn looked more like a carpet than grass.
- Her desk was so overneat that nobody dared put a cup on it.
- The overneat arrangement of the books felt cold and lifeless.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVERNEAT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OVERNEAT
The 8 tiles of OVERNEAT in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in OVERNEAT
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Common questions about OVERNEAT
- Is OVERNEAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVERNEAT, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVERNEAT worth?
- OVERNEAT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVERNEAT mean?
- Tidy to an excessive degree.
- What letters can be added to OVERNEAT?
- No single letter can be added to OVERNEAT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OVERNEAT:
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