Unscramble OBELIZES to get 123 words. OBELIZES itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
O1B34E1L12I1Z10E1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from OBELIZES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 3 with 6, 18 with 5, 41 with 4, 40 with 3 and 18 with 2.
BIZE tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OBELIZES at 15 points; next come SIZE and ZEES on 13. LOSE, SOIL and LIES will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OBELIZES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with OB · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What OBELIZES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OBELIZES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBELIZES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 123) | 91 | 123 | 88 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BEZES, BEZ, SIZEL, ZELS, ZOLS, SOZ, ZEL, ZOL, ZOS, ZE, ZO, BLEES and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SEZ, BES and OI, 3 in all.
This word takes every letter of OBELIZES plus a single extra one.