Unscramble OBSIDIONAL and you have 282 words, OBSIDIONAL itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 11 points, OBSIDIAN, ANOBIIDS and BIOSOLID among them. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from OBSIDIONAL split into 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 8, 16 with 7, 52 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2. None has 9 letters.
12 of 52 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OBSIDIONAL tie at 9 points; none scores more. ISLAND, BLINDS and SALOON will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from OBSIDIONAL, the top score is 8, reached by 18. BLOOD, BANDS and BLIND are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OBSIDIONAL; 16 of them share the top score of 7. BAND, AIDS and BIDS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words from OBSIDIONAL, 6 score 6 points, the group's best. OLD, BAD and BID are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OBSIDIONAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with OB · ending in AL · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BIOSOLID, DIABOLOS and OBSIDIAN (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
OBSIDIONAL is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBSIDIONAL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 282) | 218 | 282 | 200 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OBSIDIONAL, ANOBIIDS, ANOBIID, BIDONS, BILIANS, BLANDS, BALOOS, BIDON, BILIAN, BLADS, BOOAIS, DOABS and 52 more, 64 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BIOSOLID, BIDIS, DOOBS, ONLOADS, BIDI, DOOB, NOOBS, ONLOAD, DINOS, NOOB, OBAS, SOBA and 6 more, 18 in all.