Unscramble OBLITERATING and you have 449 words, OBLITERATING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The 12 letters split into 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from OBLITERATING by length: 1 with 12 letters, 10 with 10, 40 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 38 with 2. None has 11 letters.
Of the 10 10-letter words made with OBLITERATING letters, 4 score 13 points, the group's best. LIBERATION and LIBERATING are the ones most people know.
40 9-letter words in OBLITERATING; 16 of them share the top score of 12. RETAILING, ITERATION and ORIGINATE are everyday picks.
Among 60 8-letter words from OBLITERATING, the top score is 11, reached by 36. TANGIBLE, ALTERING and BATTLING are the familiar ones.
37 of 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble OBLITERATING tie at 10 points; none scores more. BETTING, BEARING and BOATING will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from OBLITERATING, 36 score 9 points, the group's best. BATTLE, BELONG and BORING are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words in OBLITERATING, the top score is 8, reached by 35. BEING, BRING and BEGIN are the familiar ones.
18 of 60 4-letter words made with OBLITERATING letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. BLOG, ABLE and BEAR will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble OBLITERATING, 7 score 6 points, the group's best. GET, BIG and AGE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OBLITERATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with OB · ending in NG · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BLATTERING, LIBERATING and REBOTTLING (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
OBLITERATING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBLITERATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 449) | 348 | 448 | 322 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 101 of them: BITTERLING, BAIGNOIRE, BATTELING, BETITLING, BETOILING, NOBILITATE, ABORIGEN, ABORIGIN, BELATING, BLARTING, BLETTING, BLINGIER and 89 more. Words With Friends* skips 26 of them: IGNOBLER, NAILBITER, RETOTALING, BATGIRL, BEALING, BITRATE, BOGART, BROLGA, GLINTIER, TENTORIAL, BLING, BALTI and 14 more. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: BINT.