161 words come out when you unscramble OBELISM, starting with OBELISM itself: 11 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. OBELISM has 4 anagrams here, BEMOILS, EMBOILS, LIMBOES and MOBILES, scoring 11 like OBELISM itself. The best shorter words score 10: 9 of them, MOBILE, BIOMES and EMBOLI included. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of OBELISM in one turn: 61 in Scrabble (11 + 50), 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from OBELISM by length: 5 with 7 letters, 12 with 6, 26 with 5, 52 with 4, 46 with 3 and 20 with 2.
52 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OBELISM; 4 of them share the top score of 8. SOME, LOSE and SOIL are everyday picks.
MIB and MOB are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble OBELISM, 7 points each. OIL, LIE and ELM will look familiar.
Trade one tile of OBELISM for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with OB · ending in SM · all 7-letter words
The meaning of OBELISM, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OBELISM, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBELISM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 161) | 124 | 161 | 116 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BEMOILS, EMBOILS, BEMOIL, EMBOIL, MOBIES, MOBLES, OBEISM, BISOM, MEBOS, MOBES, MOBIE, MOBLE and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LIMBOES, EMOS, BES, EMO, MES, MOI, SOM and OI, 8 in all.
These 7 words take every letter of OBELISM plus a single extra one.