Unscramble OBELISMS to get 209 words. OBELISMS itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 6 reach 11 points, MOBILES, BEMOILS and EMBOILS among them. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from OBELISMS split into 1 with 8 letters, 9 with 7, 24 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 20 with 2.
13 of 24 6-letter words made with OBELISMS letters tie at 10 points; none scores more. MOBILE and SMILES will look familiar.
Among 46 5-letter words from OBELISMS, the top score is 9, reached by 9. MILES, SMILE and BLESS are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OBELISMS tie at 8 points; none scores more. SOME, LESS and LOSS will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words in OBELISMS, MIB and MOB tie for first at 7 points. OIL, LIE and SIS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of OBELISMS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with OB · ending in MS · all 8-letter words
What OBELISMS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OBELISMS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBELISMS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 209) | 161 | 209 | 151 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BEMOILS, EMBOILS, OBEISMS, BEMOIL, BISOMS, EMBOIL, IMBOSS, MOBIES, MOBLES, OBEISM, BISOM, LIMOSES and 36 more, 48 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LIMBOES, EMOS, SILOES, SOMS, BES, EMO, MES, MOI, SOM and OI, 10 in all.
These 6 words take every letter of OBELISMS plus a single extra one.