OVERSTRUNG is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. OVERSTRUNG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OVERSTRUNG?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OVERSTRUNG is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OVERSTRUNG
No single letter turns OVERSTRUNG into another word.
How OVERSTRUNG scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in OVERSTRUNG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OVERSTRUNG has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OVERSTRUNG mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Too nervous or tense; also, of a piano, having strings crossed in two layers.
A person who is overstrung is like a string wound past its comfortable pitch, ready to snap. The musical meaning is separate: in an overstrung piano the bass strings cross over the others to fit a longer length into a smaller case.
How OVERSTRUNG is used
Used of people who are on edge, and in technical talk about piano design.
- The overstrung actor jumped at every sound backstage.
- An overstrung piano has a richer bass in a compact frame.
- After weeks of exams she felt completely overstrung.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OVERSTRUNG and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OVERSTRUNG
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Common questions about OVERSTRUNG
- Is OVERSTRUNG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OVERSTRUNG, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OVERSTRUNG worth?
- OVERSTRUNG is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OVERSTRUNG mean?
- Too nervous or tense; also, of a piano, having strings crossed in two layers.
- What letters can be added to OVERSTRUNG?
- No single letter can be added to OVERSTRUNG to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of OVERSTRUNG:
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