343 words come out when you unscramble OBLIGATIONAL, starting with OBLIGATIONAL itself: 15 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. The 12 letters split into 6 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from OBLIGATIONAL by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 5 with 10, 5 with 9, 20 with 8, 44 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
There is a single one of the 11-letter words made with OBLIGATIONAL letters: ABOLITIONAL, 13 points.
The 10-letter words in OBLIGATIONAL are led by LOBTAILING and OBLIGATION, 13 points each.
Among 20 8-letter words you get when you unscramble OBLIGATIONAL, the top score is 11, reached by 9. ABLATION is the familiar one.
17 of 44 7-letter words in OBLIGATIONAL tie at 10 points; none scores more. BILLION, BILLING and BALLOON will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words made with OBLIGATIONAL letters, 16 score 9 points, the group's best. GLOBAL, OBTAIN and ANALOG are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OBLIGATIONAL; 10 of them share the top score of 8. AGAIN, ALONG and GIANT are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from OBLIGATIONAL, the top score is 7, reached by 11. BLOG, BILL and BALL are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 3-letter words in OBLIGATIONAL tie at 6 points; none scores more. ALL, BIG and GOT will look familiar.
What OBLIGATIONAL means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: OBLIGATIONAL is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBLIGATIONAL itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 343) | 267 | 342 | 246 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
76 of the 343 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ABOLITIONAL, BALLATING, LIBATIONAL, OBLATIONAL, ALLIGATION, BALLOTINI, LIBATING, OBLIGANT, BLATING, BOOLING, TOOLBAG, ABLING and 64 more. 21 of the 343 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: OBLIGATIONAL, LOBTAILING, NOTABILIA, BONIATO, LOBTAIL, BLING, BALTI, BING, BIOG, BLAG, BLOG, LAOGAI and 9 more. 1 of the 343 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: BINT.
With one more tile, the letters of OBLIGATIONAL spell the words below.