Is OVERCRITICAL a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, OVERCRITICAL is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 19 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does OVERCRITICAL mean?
- adjective
inclined to judge too severely
“hypercritical of colloquial speech”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
19
Scrabble
23
Words With Friends
12
Letters
O (1) + V (4) + E (1) + R (1) + C (3) + R (1) + I (1) + T (1) + I (1) + C (3) + A (1) + L (1) = 19 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for OVERCRITICAL
OVERCRITICAL has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from OVERCRITICAL
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- cervical15
- coactive15
- leviratic14
- vectorial14
- vocalic14
- icterical13
- cavorter13
- corrival13
- locative13
- vertical13
- verticil13
- victoria13
- vortical13
- variolite12
- acrolect12
- clitoric12
- cortical12
- critical12
- licorice12
- caviler12
- clavier12
- corival12
- evictor12
- overact12
- valeric12
- voltaic12
- civic12
- aerolitic11
- criterial11
- rectorial11
- violater11
- acrotic11
- calcite11
- caloric11
- cerotic11
- circler11
- circlet11
- coeliac11
- colitic11
- coracle11
- correct11
- icteric11
- orectic11
- active11
- alcove11
- avocet11
- carvel11
- carver11
- cavort11
- claver11
- clivia11
- clover11
- coeval11
- corvet11
- covert11
- craver11
- octave11
- vector11
- velcro11
- viatic11
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