Unscramble OBTUSENESS to get 280 words. OBTUSENESS itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
O1B34T1U12S1E1N12E1S1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from OBTUSENESS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 9 with 8, 19 with 7, 51 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Of the 51 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OBTUSENESS, 20 score 8 points, the group's best. STONES, SUNSET and SUBSET are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OBTUSENESS; 33 of them share the top score of 7. NOTES, SENSE and BONUS are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from OBTUSENESS, the top score is 6, reached by 37. BEEN, BEST and NOTE are the familiar ones.
Of the 56 3-letter words in OBTUSENESS, 18 score 5 points, the group's best. NOT, BUT and ONE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OBTUSENESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with OB · ending in SS · all 10-letter words
What OBTUSENESS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. OBTUSENESS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBTUSENESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 280) | 224 | 280 | 198 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SUBTENSES, BETOSSES, BONUSSES, SUBTENSE, BEENTOS, BOSSETS, OBESEST, OUTNESSES, BEENTO, BENETS, BETOSS, BOSSET and 44 more, 56 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BOSSEST, BUSTEES, BENTOS, BUSTEE, TSUBOS, BENTO, BESES, BUTES, TSUBO, NUTSOS, SUETES, TUSSES and 14 more, 26 in all.