Unscramble OBTENTION to get 140 words. OBTENTION itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are BOTTINE and EOBIONT, 9 points each. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from OBTENTION by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 16 with 6, 19 with 5, 44 with 4, 37 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 44 4-letter words from OBTENTION, the top score is 6, reached by 19. NOTE, NONE and NINE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of OBTENTION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OB · ending in ON · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EOBIONT (9 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts OBTENTION, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBTENTION itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 140) | 106 | 139 | 94 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OBTENTION, BOTTINE, BOTONE, INBENT, BITTE, BONIE, BOTTE, NONETTI, NONETTO, OOBIT, BEIN, BENI and 22 more, 34 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BOTNET, NOOBIE, OBENTO, BENTO, NOOB, TOONIE, TENNO, NONI, TEIN, ONO, OI and TE, 12 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BINT.
This word takes every letter of OBTENTION plus a single extra one.