176 words come out when you unscramble OBVIATING, starting with OBVIATING itself: 15 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, VIBING leads with 12 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from OBVIATING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 11 with 6, 28 with 5, 52 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 8 letters.
BAVIN and BIVIA are the top 5-letter words from OBVIATING, 10 points each. GIANT, BINGO and BATON will look familiar.
VAGI, VANG and VIGA share the top score of 8 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OBVIATING. ANTI, BOAT and GAIN are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words from OBVIATING, the top score is 7, reached by 4. NOT, BIG and GOT are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of OBVIATING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with OB · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The meaning of OBVIATING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OBVIATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBVIATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 176) | 139 | 174 | 127 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 36 of them: OVATING, BAVIN, BIVIA, OBIING, OBANG, BIGA, GOBI, GOV, OBIIT, VAG, VANT, VINT and 24 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: VIBING, VIGIA, BING, BIOG, VOG, ATIGI, NAV, VIN, OBA, TIAN, GI and OI. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: BINT. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: VON.
This word takes every letter of OBVIATING plus a single extra one.