Unscramble OBTAINING and you have 187 words, OBTAINING itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BATONING and BIGNONIA lead with 11 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from OBTAINING split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 5 with 7, 21 with 6, 30 with 5, 51 with 4, 56 with 3 and 21 with 2.
6 of 30 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OBTAINING tie at 8 points; none scores more. GIANT, BINGO and BATON will look familiar.
Of the 51 4-letter words in OBTAINING, 6 score 7 points, the group's best. ANTI, BOAT and GAIN are the ones most people know.
6 of 56 3-letter words made with OBTAINING letters tie at 6 points; none scores more. NOT, BIG and GOT will look familiar.
Trade one tile of OBTAINING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with OB · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
OBTAINING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OBTAINING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBTAINING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 187) | 141 | 186 | 130 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
46 of the 187 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BATONING, BANTING, OBIING, BAININ, OBANG, OINTING, BIGA, GANOIN, GOBI, OBIIT, TONNAG, BANT and 34 more. 11 of the 187 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BING, BIOG, TIGNON, ATIGI, GONNA, OBA, NANO, NONI, TIAN, GI and OI. 1 of the 187 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: BINT.
With one more tile, the letters of OBTAINING spell the words below.