Unscramble OBSCURES and you have 223 words, OBSCURES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. OBSCURES has 1 anagram here, BESCOURS, scoring 12 like OBSCURES itself. Of the shorter words, OBSCURE, BESCOUR and SCROBES lead with 11 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
Looking for bcourses? They use the same letters as OBSCURES, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from OBSCURES by length: 2 with 8 letters, 9 with 7, 35 with 6, 53 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 13 with 2.
6 of 35 6-letter words from OBSCURES tie at 10 points; none scores more. SOURCE, COURSE and SCORES will look familiar.
Of the 53 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OBSCURES, 7 score 9 points, the group's best. USERS, CROSS and SCORE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OBSCURES, the top score is 8, reached by 4. CORE, ROSE and EURO are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words from OBSCURES, COB and CUB tie for first at 7 points. USE, SUB and SEC are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of OBSCURES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with OB · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What OBSCURES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OBSCURES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBSCURES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 223) | 179 | 223 | 167 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: SCROBES, CORBES, COURBS, SCROBE, CORBE, COURB, SCOURSE, SCOUSER, COURES, SCORSE, SORBUS, SOUCES and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: SCROBS, SCROB, BOSSER, SOCES, CORS, ECOS, SOUSER, BES, CRU, ECO, SOC and SUS.
These 3 words take every letter of OBSCURES plus a single extra one.