OVERSAUCE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. OVERSAUCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVERSAUCE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVERSAUCE is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVERSAUCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OVERSAUCE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in OVERSAUCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OVERSAUCE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OVERSAUCE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To put too much sauce on food so that its own flavour is lost.
Cooks are warned not to oversauce pasta, because a heavy coating hides the noodles and turns them soggy. Restaurants that oversauce a dish often do so to cover poor ingredients.
How OVERSAUCE is used
Used in cooking tips and food criticism.
- Chefs oversauce the dish to hide weak ingredients.
- Do not oversauce the pizza or the base will turn soggy.
- The cook was careful not to oversauce the delicate fish.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVERSAUCE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OVERSAUCE
2 longer words begin with OVERSAUCE.
Shorter words from the letters in OVERSAUCE
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Common questions about OVERSAUCE
- Is OVERSAUCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVERSAUCE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVERSAUCE worth?
- OVERSAUCE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVERSAUCE mean?
- To put too much sauce on food so that its own flavour is lost.
- What letters can be added to OVERSAUCE?
- OVERSAUCE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of OVERSAUCE:
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