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.
- verb
get excessively and undesirably hot
“The car engines overheated”
- verb
make excessively or undesirably hot
“The room was overheated”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
- Scrabble
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 9
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.
- overhates15
- overhate14
- overheat14
- harvest13
- heavers13
- reshave13
- thraves13
- havers12
- heaver12
- heaves12
- heveas12
- hovers12
- shaver12
- sheave12
- shover12
- shrove12
- thrave12
- throve12
- overeats11
- haver11
- haves11
- heave11
- hevea11
- hover11
- shave11
- shove11
- aethers10
- earshot10
- heaters10
- heteros10
- overate10
- overeat10
- oversea10
- overset10
- reheats10
- revotes10
- vetoers10
- have10
- hove10
- aether9
- ahorse9
- ashore9
- averse9
- averts9
- avoset9
- earths9
- ethers9
- everts9
- haeres9
- haters9
- hearse9
- hearts9
- heater9
- hereat9
- hereto9
- heroes9
- hetero9
- hoarse9
- horste9
- others9
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