Unscramble LOBSTER and you have 172 words, LOBSTER itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. LOBSTER has 2 anagrams here, BOLSTER and BOLTERS, scoring 9 like LOBSTER itself. 9 shorter words score 8, among them STROBE, ROBLES and SORBET. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. LOBSTER as a single 7-tile play makes 59 in Scrabble, 9 plus the 50 bonus, and 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
Looking for soblert, bostrel, lobestr, sorbelt, roblets, sloterb, sterlob, rostbel, bolrest or solbret? They use the same letters as LOBSTER, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from LOBSTER split into 3 with 7 letters, 12 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Of the 39 5-letter words from LOBSTER, 20 score 7 points, the group's best. STORE, ROLES and BELTS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LOBSTER; 26 of them share the top score of 6. BEST, SORT and LOST are everyday picks.
Of the 42 3-letter words made with LOBSTER letters, 14 score 5 points, the group's best. SET, LET and LOT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of LOBSTER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with LO · ending in ER · all 7-letter words
What LOBSTER means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. LOBSTER is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOBSTER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 172) | 141 | 172 | 136 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BESORT, BLERTS, BLORES, BORELS, BLERT, BLORE, BOETS, BOREL, BOTES, BOET, BORS, BOTE and 19 more, 31 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BES, EST, LOR, TES and TE, 5 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of LOBSTER plus a single extra one.