Unscramble LOBSTICKS and you have 194 words, LOBSTICKS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. LOBSTICK is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from LOBSTICKS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 8 with 6, 54 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 7 letters.
LOBSTICK is the only one of the 8-letter words in LOBSTICKS; it scores 16 points.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LOBSTICKS, BLOCK and BOCKS tie for first at 13 points. STOCK, COSTS and LISTS are everyday picks.
BOCK scores highest among the 4-letter words from LOBSTICKS at 12 points, ahead of BILK and BISK on 10. COST, KITS and LOCK are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words from LOBSTICKS, BOK, ICK and KOB tie for first at 9 points. ITS, LOT and OIL are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of LOBSTICKS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with LO · ending in KS · all 9-letter words
What LOBSTICKS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LOBSTICKS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOBSTICKS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 194) | 159 | 194 | 141 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 35 of them: BOKS, BOK, LISKS, SKIOS, LISK, SKIO, STILBS, TIKS, BITOS, BLIST, BLITS, COITS and 23 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: TOCKS, ICKS, TOCK, SKOLS, KOIS, OIKS, SKOL, CLITS, KIS, LOCIS, OIK, CLIT and 6 more.