Unscramble OBLIGINGLY and you have 161 words, OBLIGINGLY itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BOILINGLY and GIBINGLY lead with 15 points. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from OBLIGINGLY by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 4 with 8, 11 with 7, 23 with 6, 26 with 5, 43 with 4, 36 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
BOILINGLY is the only one of the 9-letter words in OBLIGINGLY; it scores 15 points.
BLOGGY and GYBING share the top score of 13 among the 6-letter words from OBLIGINGLY. GOBLIN is the one most people know.
BOGY, BOYG and GOBY share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words in OBLIGINGLY. ONLY, LONG and BLOG are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OBLIGINGLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with OB · ending in LY · all 10-letter words
What OBLIGINGLY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OBLIGINGLY, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBLIGINGLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 161) | 124 | 160 | 116 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); *the Words With Friends list changes.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GOLLYING, BLINGY, BOYING, BILLYO, BINGY, BOGLING, GLOBY, YILLING, BIGGON, BOYG, BILING, LIONLY and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BOILINGLY, BLOGGY, BIGGY, NIGGLY, BLINY, GYNO, BING and LOGIN, 8 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: GOY.