What OVERTURES Means
OVERTURES is a form of OVERTURE, which means:
- noun: orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
- noun: something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows“training is a necessary preliminary to employment”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
OVERTURES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 V4 E1 R1 T1 U1 R1 E1 S1.
Anagrams of OVERTURES (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In OVERTURES
286 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.
8 letter words (8)
7 letter words (23)
ESTOVEREVERTOROEUVRESOUVERTEOVERSETOVERUSEREROUTERESTORERETOURSREVERSOREVERTSREVEURSREVOTESROUSTERROUTERSTOURERSTROUSERTROVERSURETERSVERSUTEVERTUESVESTUREVETOERS
6 letter words (53)
EVERTSOEUVREOUSTEROUTERSOUTSEEOUVERTREROSERESORTRESTERRETORERETOURRETROSRETUSEREVERSREVERTREVESTREVETSREVEURREVOTEREVUESROSTERROUSERROUTERROUTESROVERSRUSTRESERVERSOEVERSORTERSOURERSOUTERSTEREOSTERVESTORERSTOURESTOVERSTROVETERSERTOURERTOUSERTROUSETROVERTROVESTURVESURETERVERSERVERSETVERSTEVERTUEVERTUSVETOERVETOESVOTERS
5 letter words (68)
EREVSEROSEERUVSESTERESTROEUROSEVERTEVETSOUTEROUTREOVERSOVERTREESTRESETRESTORETROREUSEREVETREVUERORESRORTSROSETROTESROUESROUSEROUSTROUTEROUTSROVERROVESRUERSSERERSERRESERVESERVOSEVERSOREESORERSTEERSTERESTORESTOURSTOVESTURESURERSUTORTEERSTERESTERSETORESTORRSTORSETORUSTOURSTOUSETREESTROVETRUERTRUESVEERSVERSEVERSOVERSTVERTSVERTUVOTERVOTESVROUS
4 letter words (75)
ERESEREVEROSERRSERSTERUVEUROEVEREVESEVETEVOEEVOSORESORTSOURSOUSTOUTSOVERREESREOSRESTRETERETSREVSROESRORERORTROSEROSTROTEROTSROUEROUTROVERUERRUESRUSERUSTRUTSSEERSERESERRSORESORTSOURSOUTSUERSUETSURETEERTEESTOESTORETORRTORSTOSETOURTREETRESTRUEURESUSERUTESVEERVEESVERSVERTVESTVETOVETSVOESVORSVOTEVROTVROU
3 letter words (43)
EREERRERSESTEVEEVOOESOREORSORTOSEOUROUSOUTREEREORESRETREVROEROTRUERUTSEESERSETSOTSOUSOVSUESURTEETESTOETORUREUSEUTEUTSVEEVETVOEVOR
2 letter words (16)
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