216 words come out when you unscramble OPOBALSAM, starting with OPOBALSAM itself: 15 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
O1P34O1B34A1L12S1A1M34
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from OPOBALSAM split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 15 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 8 letters.
APLOMBS is the only one of the 7-letter words in OPOBALSAM; it scores 13 points.
ABAMP tops the 5-letter words from OPOBALSAM at 11 points; next come ABOMA and AMBOS on 9. LAMPS, POOLS and SAMBA will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OPOBALSAM, the top score is 8, reached by 21. MAPS, PALM and LOOP are the familiar ones.
9 of 60 3-letter words from OPOBALSAM tie at 7 points; none scores more. MAP, LAB and SPA will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OPOBALSAM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OP · ending in AM · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by APLOMBS (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
OPOBALSAM is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPOBALSAM itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 216) | 173 | 216 | 156 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
43 of the 216 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OPOBALSAM, BOMAS, MOOBS, MOOPS, SPOOM, BALOOS, BOMA, MOOP, OMASAL, ALAPS, AMLAS, BALOO and 31 more. 17 of the 216 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SAMBAL, POMOS, POMO, SPAM, PALSA, SABAL, SLOMO, APOS, MASA, APO, OBA, OMA and 5 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of OPOBALSAM and one more.