What OVERKILL Means
- noun: the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required
- noun: any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
OVERKILL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 V4 E1 R1 K5 I1 L1 L1.
Words Made From The Letters In OVERKILL
117 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (3)
5 letter words (23)
ERVILILLERKEVILKIOREKRILLKVELLLIKERLIVERLIVORLIVRELORELLOVEROILEROLIVEOLLEROLLIEORIELREOILRILLERIVELVILERVIREOVOILE
4 letter words (49)
EORLEVILKEIRKELLKEROKIERKIEVKILLKILOKOELKORELEIRLEVOLIERLIKELILOLIRELIRKLIVELOIRLOKELORELOVEORLEOVELOVERREIKRIELRILERILLRIVERIVOROILROKEROLEROLLROVEVEILVELLVIERVILEVILLVIOLVIREVIRLVLEIVOLEVOLKVRIL
3 letter words (31)
2 letter words (11)
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