Unscramble LOBECTOMY and you have 189 words, LOBECTOMY itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is COMBY, 14 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from LOBECTOMY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 15 with 6, 38 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with LOBECTOMY letters: BOOMLET, for 11 points.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LOBECTOMY, COMBY leads with 14 points, then BOOMY and COLBY on 12. BOOTY, COMBO and MOTEL are the familiar ones.
CYME and MOBY share the top score of 11 among the 4-letter words from LOBECTOMY. COME, COOL and BOOT are the ones most people know.
MYC tops the 3-letter words made with LOBECTOMY letters at 10 points; next come BEY and BOY on 8. TOO, LET and YET will look familiar.
These 3 words have the length of LOBECTOMY, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with LO · ending in MY · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BLOOMY, COMELY, EMBOLY and TOMBOY (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LOBECTOMY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOBECTOMY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 189) | 143 | 188 | 133 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 46 of them: COMBY, COMBLE, COOMY, MOBEY, TOMBOC, COTYLE, MOBY, CETYL, CLOYE, COLEY, MOOLY, MOYLE and 34 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: COLBY, MELTY, MYC, METOL, TELCO, ECO, EMO, LOC, TEC and TE. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: COOLY.