220 words come out when you unscramble OBSCENELY, starting with OBSCENELY itself: 16 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is COLBYS, 13 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from OBSCENELY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 17 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 8 letters.
COLBY tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OBSCENELY at 12 points; next come BLEYS and BONEY on 10. CLOSE, SCENE and EBONY will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from OBSCENELY, 17 score 9 points, the group's best. ONLY, BEEN and BOYS are the ones most people know.
7 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble OBSCENELY tie at 8 points; none scores more. YES, BOY and EYE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OBSCENELY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OB · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
OBSCENELY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
OBSCENELY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBSCENELY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 220) | 167 | 220 | 152 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLOYES, COLEYS, ECBOLES, ESNECY, BLEYS, CLOYE, COLEY, ECBOLE, ESLOYNE, SYBOE, BLEY, SCYE and 41 more, 53 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: COLBYS, COLBY, BONCES, SYCON, BONCE, BELONS, ECLOSE, EENSY, BELON, ECOS, LOCS, BES and 3 more, 15 in all.