245 words come out when you unscramble OBVIATIONS, starting with OBVIATIONS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, OBVIATION leads with 14 points. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from OBVIATIONS split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 9 with 7, 26 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
OBVIATION is the only one of the 9-letter words in OBVIATIONS; it scores 14 points.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OBVIATIONS are led by BAVINS, OVIBOS and VIBIST, 11 points each. VISION, OBTAIN and BONSAI are the familiar ones.
BAVIN and BIVIA are the top 5-letter words in OBVIATIONS, 10 points each. VISIT, SAINT and BOOTS will look familiar.
OBVS and VIBS share the top score of 9 among the 4-letter words made with OBVIATIONS letters. BOAT, VISA and BOOT are the ones most people know.
13 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble OBVIATIONS tie at 6 points; none scores more. NOT, ITS and BIT will look familiar.
Trade one tile of OBVIATIONS for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with OB · ending in NS · all 10-letter words
OBVIATIONS 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 OBVIATIONS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBVIATIONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 245) | 180 | 242 | 167 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
64 of the 245 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AVOISION, BAVINS, BAVIN, BIVIA, NAIVIST, BATOONS, OBVS, VIBS, BATOON, BONIST, BOOAIS, OOBITS and 52 more. 13 of the 245 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BONIATOS, BONIATO, NAVS, NOOBS, VINS, NAV, NOOB, OBAS, SOBA, VIN, OBA, ATS and 1 more. 2 of the 245 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: BINTS and BINT. 1 of the 245 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.
With one more tile, the letters of OBVIATIONS spell the words below.