Is OVERWHELM a word?
OVERWHELM is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words With Friends, has 9 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, OVERWHELM is a valid word.
What does overwhelm mean?
verb: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
OVERWHELM: word details
- Pronunciation: oh-vur-WEHLM (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 9 letters, a long word. It is one of 41,139 9-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 20 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 22 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside overwhelm
Words you can make from the letters of overwhelm.
Solve a whole rack, not just OVERWHELM
OVERWHELM is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does OVERWHELM mean?
OVERWHELM is a verb. It means: overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli.
Is OVERWHELM a valid word?
Yes, OVERWHELM is a valid word. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.