The word overlock is a valid scrabble word, except in North America

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • overlock n. (Sewing) A stitch that sews over the edge of one or two pieces of cloth for edging, hemming or seaming.
  • overlock v. (Sewing) To stitch in this manner.
  • overlock v. (Transitive) To make the bolt of a lock go too far.

28 valid words from 3 definitions

BOLT CLOTH EDGE EDGING FAR FOR GO HEMMING IN LOCK MAKE MANNER OF ONE OR OVER PIECES SEAMING SEWING SEWS STITCH THAT THE THIS TO TOO TRANSITIVE TWO

4 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

ER LO LOCK OVER

4 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

COL EVO RE REV

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

OVERLOOK

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

OVERCLOCK

6 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

OVERLOCKS OVERLOCKED OVERLOCKER OVERLOCKERS OVERLOCKING OVERLOCKINGS

2 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+C OVERCLOCK
+S OVERLOCKS

Scrabble scoring

  • 17 points.

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Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)
  • No anagrams can be formed by removing a letter (New word formed with all the letters of the word minus a letter.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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