Unscramble OBTUSELY to get 226 words. OBTUSELY itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
O1B34T1U12S1E1L12Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from OBTUSELY split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 23 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in OBTUSELY: BOLETUS, for 9 points.
6 of 23 6-letter words made with OBTUSELY letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. SUBTLE, BLOUSE and SUBTLY will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from OBTUSELY, 10 score 10 points, the group's best. STYLE, BYTES and BLUES are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OBTUSELY, the top score is 9, reached by 14. BEST, BLUE and TOYS are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 3-letter words from OBTUSELY tie at 8 points; none scores more. BUT, OUT and USE will look familiar.
Trade one tile of OBTUSELY for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with OB · ending in LY · all 8-letter words
OBTUSELY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. OBTUSELY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBTUSELY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 226) | 179 | 226 | 170 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
47 of the 226 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BLEYS, SYBOE, BLEY, TOLSEY, YBET, YEBO, EYOTS, LYTES, SOYLE, STYLO, TOUSY, YELTS and 35 more. 9 of the 226 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BOULTS, BOULT, BUTES, TSUBO, YOUS, BES, EST, TES and TE.