129 words come out when you unscramble OBVIOUSLY, starting with OBVIOUSLY itself: 17 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is OBVIOUS, 12 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
O1B34V45I1O1U12S1L12Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from OBVIOUSLY split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 4 with 6, 20 with 5, 42 with 4, 43 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with OBVIOUSLY letters: OBVIOUS, for 12 points.
9 of 42 4-letter words from OBVIOUSLY tie at 9 points; none scores more. BOYS, SOUL and SOIL will look familiar.
IVY and VLY share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble OBVIOUSLY. BUY, OIL and BOY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OBVIOUSLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OB · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
OBVIOUSLY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OBVIOUSLY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBVIOUSLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 129) | 92 | 129 | 90 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 37 of them: SYBIL, OBVS, VIBS, VLY, SOILY, BOOLS, LOBUS, LOYS, OOSY, VOLS, BOIS, BOOL and 25 more. Words With Friends* skips 2 of them: YOUS and OI.