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Is OVERHEATS a valid Scrabble word?

Yes, OVERHEATS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.

Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.

What does OVERHEATS mean?

Overheats is a form of OVERHEAT.

  1. verb

    get excessively and undesirably hot

    “The car engines overheated”

  2. verb

    make excessively or undesirably hot

    “The room was overheated”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.

Points

15

Scrabble

15

Words With Friends

9

Letters

O (1) + V (4) + E (1) + R (1) + H (4) + E (1) + A (1) + T (1) + S (1) = 15 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 OVERHEATS

OVERHEATS 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 OVERHEATS

Words that use exactly the same letters.

Words you can make from OVERHEATS

The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.

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