OVERSOUL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OVERSOUL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVERSOUL?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVERSOUL is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVERSOUL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
oversoulsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OVERSOUL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OVERSOUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OVERSOUL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OVERSOUL mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A divine spirit thought to pervade the universe and unite all human souls.
The oversoul is a central idea in American Transcendentalism, most famously in an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson. It pictures every individual mind as a part of one shared spiritual whole. Philosophers sometimes use oversoul loosely for any universal consciousness.
How OVERSOUL is used
Appears in philosophy, religion and literary criticism.
- Emerson wrote that each person is linked to the oversoul.
- The oversoul in his poem was a quiet presence behind all nature.
- Students debated whether the oversoul was a god or a metaphor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVERSOUL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OVERSOUL
1 longer words begin with OVERSOUL.
Shorter words from the letters in OVERSOUL
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Common questions about OVERSOUL
- Is OVERSOUL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVERSOUL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVERSOUL worth?
- OVERSOUL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVERSOUL mean?
- A divine spirit thought to pervade the universe and unite all human souls.
- What letters can be added to OVERSOUL?
- OVERSOUL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OVERSOUL:
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