OVERPEDAL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. OVERPEDAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVERPEDAL?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVERPEDAL is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVERPEDAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
overpedalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OVERPEDAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in OVERPEDAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OVERPEDAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OVERPEDAL mean in Scrabble?
verb
music
To press the sustaining pedal of a piano too often or too long, so that the notes blur together.
Teachers warn beginners that to overpedal turns a clear melody into mush. A pianist who tends to overpedal usually relies on the pedal to hide uneven finger work.
How OVERPEDAL is used
Used by musicians and teachers when criticising muddy piano playing.
- Students often overpedal in the slow passages.
- If you overpedal this waltz, the harmonies will smear.
- The recording suffers because the soloist seems to overpedal throughout.
- My teacher said I overpedal whenever I feel nervous.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVERPEDAL and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OVERPEDAL
The 9 tiles of OVERPEDAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with OVERPEDAL
6 longer words begin with OVERPEDAL.
Shorter words from the letters in OVERPEDAL
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Common questions about OVERPEDAL
- Is OVERPEDAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVERPEDAL, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVERPEDAL worth?
- OVERPEDAL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVERPEDAL mean?
- To press the sustaining pedal of a piano too often or too long, so that the notes blur together.
- What letters can be added to OVERPEDAL?
- OVERPEDAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of OVERPEDAL:
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