Unscramble OBOVATELY to get 187 words. OBOVATELY itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
O1B34O1V45A1T1E1L12Y43
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from OBOVATELY split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 7 with 6, 31 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in OBOVATELY: TABOOLEY, 13 points.
LEAVY, LOVEY and VEALY share the top score of 11 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OBOVATELY. TABLE, ABOVE and BOOTY are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words made with OBOVATELY letters, BEVY leads with 12 points, then LEVY on 10 and ABLY on 9. LOVE, ABLE and VOTE are the familiar ones.
VLY tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble OBOVATELY at 9 points; next come ABY and BAY on 8. LET, YET and LOT will look familiar.
This word has the length of OBOVATELY, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with OB · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with OVATELY and TABOOLEY (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts OBOVATELY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBOVATELY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 187) | 142 | 186 | 136 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: OBOVATELY, BAETYL, BOVATE, BAYLE, BEATY, BOOAY, BAYE, BAYT, BLAY, BLEY, VLY, YBET and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: LOVEY, OATY, BEAL, BAE, OBA and TE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: EBOLA.