OVERRATE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OVERRATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVERRATE?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVERRATE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVERRATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OVERRATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OVERRATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OVERRATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OVERRATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To judge someone or something to be better or more important than it really is.
People say a film, a restaurant or a player is overrated when the praise exceeds the quality. The verb itself is just as useful in plain judgements, such as when we overrate our chances. The opposite is underrate.
How OVERRATE is used
Very common as the participle "overrated" in reviews and opinion pieces.
- Critics tend to overrate the first novels of famous authors.
- It is easy to overrate your own memory.
- Some say the dish is overrated, but the sauce is superb.
- Do not overrate the importance of a single test score.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVERRATE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OVERRATE
2 longer words begin with OVERRATE.
Shorter words from the letters in OVERRATE
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Common questions about OVERRATE
- Is OVERRATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVERRATE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVERRATE worth?
- OVERRATE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVERRATE mean?
- To judge someone or something to be better or more important than it really is.
- What letters can be added to OVERRATE?
- OVERRATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OVERRATE:
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