162 words come out when you unscramble OBSOLESCE, starting with OBSOLESCE itself: 13 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
O1B34S1O1L12E1S1C34E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from OBSOLESCE split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 15 with 6, 39 with 5, 59 with 4, 34 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 8 letters.
BLOCS, CELEB and COBLE share the top score of 9 among the 5-letter words from OBSOLESCE. CLOSE, LOOSE and BLESS are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OBSOLESCE are led by BLOC and COBS, 8 points each. LESS, LOSS and COOL are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of OBSOLESCE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OB · ending in CE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CELEBS and COBLES (10 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. OBSOLESCE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBSOLESCE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 162) | 127 | 162 | 115 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ECBOLES, ECBOLE, SOBOLES, BOOSES, LOBOSE, SOBOLE, BLEES, BOOLS, BOOSE, CESSE, SLEBS, BLEE and 23 more, 35 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ECLOSES, ECLOSE, BESES, SOCES, ECOS, LOCS, SOLOES, BES, ECO, LOC, SOC and ESSE, 12 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of OBSOLESCE spell the words below.