OVERWRITES

10 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What OVERWRITES Means

OVERWRITES is a form of OVERWRITE, which means:

verb: write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data“overwrite that file”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

OVERWRITES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 V4 E1 R1 W4 R1 I1 T1 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In OVERWRITES

526 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

9 letter words (4)

OVERSTREW OVERTIRES OVERWREST OVERWRITE

8 letter words (13)

EVERTORS OVERSTIR OVERTIRE OVERWETS OVERWISE RESTRIVE RESTROVE REVERIST REWRITES RIVERETS RIVETERS SERVITOR TOWERIER

7 letter words (53)

6 letter words (104)

5 letter words (140)

4 letter words (126)

3 letter words (65)

ERE ERR ERS EST EVE EVO EWE EWT IOS IRE ISO ITS OES OIS ORE ORS ORT OSE OWE OWT REE REI REO RES RET REV REW RIT ROE ROT ROW SEE SEI SER SET SEW SIR SIT SOT SOV SOW SRI TEE TES TEW TIE TIS TOE TOR TOW TWO VEE VET VIE VIS VOE VOR VOW WEE WET WIS WIT WOE WOS WOT

2 letter words (21)

EE ER ES ET IO IS IT OE OI OR OS OW RE SI SO ST TE TI TO WE WO

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