Unscramble OBSESSION and you have 176 words, OBSESSION itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
O1B34S1E1S1S1I1O1N12
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from OBSESSION by length: 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 7, 23 with 6, 30 with 5, 52 with 4, 43 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 8 letters.
30 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OBSESSION; 17 of them share the top score of 7. NOISE, BONES and BISON are everyday picks.
Among 52 4-letter words from OBSESSION, the top score is 6, reached by 27. SOON, ONES and BONE are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of OBSESSION, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with OB · ending in ON · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BOONIES, BOSSIES and NOOBIES (9 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OBSESSION, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBSESSION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 176) | 122 | 176 | 112 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
54 of the 176 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BESOINS, BISSONS, BESOIN, BISSON, BOOSES, BOSIES, BEINS, BENIS, BONIE, BOOSE, BOSIE, SNEBS and 42 more. 10 of the 176 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NOOBIES, NOOBIE, NOOBS, SNOOSES, NOOB, SNOOSE, BES, ONOS, ONO and OI.
These 2 words take every letter of OBSESSION plus a single extra one.