OVERNICE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. OVERNICE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVERNICE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVERNICE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVERNICE
No single letter turns OVERNICE into another word.
How OVERNICE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OVERNICE, 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 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OVERNICE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OVERNICE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Too careful about small details, or too easily upset by anything rough or improper.
Overnice is a mild criticism of fussiness. Older writing often uses it of people who make distinctions so fine that they become hard to deal with.
How OVERNICE is used
Slightly dated and formal; applied to people and their standards.
- He was too overnice to eat from a chipped plate.
- Their overnice manners tired the guests.
- Being overnice about grammar can annoy friends.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVERNICE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OVERNICE
3 longer words begin with OVERNICE.
Shorter words from the letters in OVERNICE
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Common questions about OVERNICE
- Is OVERNICE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVERNICE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVERNICE worth?
- OVERNICE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVERNICE mean?
- Too careful about small details, or too easily upset by anything rough or improper.
- What letters can be added to OVERNICE?
- No single letter can be added to OVERNICE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OVERNICE:
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