Is OVERHANDS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, OVERHANDS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does OVERHANDS mean?
Overhands is a form of OVERHAND.
- adjective
with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level
“an overhand pitch”
- adjective
sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together)
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
9
Letters
O (1) + V (4) + E (1) + R (1) + H (4) + A (1) + N (1) + D (2) + S (1) = 16 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 OVERHANDS
OVERHANDS 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.
Anagrams of OVERHANDS
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from OVERHANDS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- handovers16
- handover15
- overhand15
- shaved13
- shoved13
- hardnose12
- havens12
- havers12
- hovers12
- shaven12
- shaver12
- shover12
- shrove12
- dehorns11
- hadrons11
- handers11
- hardens11
- oversad11
- savored11
- vendors11
- haven11
- haver11
- haves11
- hover11
- shave11
- shove11
- hoarsen10
- senhora10
- dasher10
- davens10
- dehorn10
- dehors10
- devons10
- dovens10
- droves10
- endash10
- hadron10
- hander10
- harden10
- hoards10
- hondas10
- hordes10
- horned10
- horsed10
- noshed10
- reshod10
- shader10
- shared10
- shored10
- vadose10
- vendor10
- have10
- hove10
- ahorse9
- ashore9
- herons9
- hoarse9
- honers9
- nosher9
- ravens9
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