Unscramble OBLIGATELY and you have 282 words, OBLIGATELY itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from OBLIGATELY by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 8, 10 with 7, 54 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 33 with 2. None has 9 letters.
GLIBLY tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OBLIGATELY at 12 points; next come BAETYL and BAILEY on 11. GLOBAL, LIABLE and BALLOT will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from OBLIGATELY; 6 of them share the top score of 11. LABEL, GLOBE and BELLY are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words in OBLIGATELY, the top score is 10, reached by 5. BLOG, ABLE and BALL are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words made with OBLIGATELY letters; 6 of them share the top score of 8. GET, BIG and GAY are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of OBLIGATELY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with OB · ending in LY · all 10-letter words
What OBLIGATELY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. OBLIGATELY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBLIGATELY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 282) | 215 | 280 | 200 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
66 of the 282 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BAETYL, BILLYO, EGALITY, GLEBY, GLOBY, BAYLE, BEATY, BOYG, EGALLY, EGOITY, BAYE, BAYT and 54 more. 15 of the 282 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GELLY, GOATY, LOBTAIL, YAGE, BALTI, BIOG, BLAG, BLOG, OATY, YAG, BAE, OBA and 3 more. 1 of the 282 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: EBOLA. 1 of the 282 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: GOY.