obsequies needs no unscrambling at all — the nine-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 20 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 76 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
obsequies is the highest-scoring word from obsequies, worth 20 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 76 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one nine-letter word uses the letters in obsequies — and it is obsequies itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 20 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in obsequies produces 3 valid seven-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are bisques and bosques, each worth 18 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling obsequies turns up 6 six-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these six-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are bisque, bosque, and squibs, each worth 17 points in Scrabble.
There are 11 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in obsequies. If a familiar word is all you need, start with buses and issue. For points, the strongest play is squib — worth 16 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in obsequies produces 19 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with bees, boss and sees. For points, the strongest play is suqs — worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling obsequies turns up 24 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with bee, bus and see. For points, the strongest plays are qis and suq — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 12 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in obsequies. If a familiar word is all you need, start with be, is, so, and us. For points, the strongest play is qi — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
obsequies is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
obsequies is the only nine-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing obsequies unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is obsequies, worth 20 points in Scrabble, and no other word from obsequies earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in obsequies produce 76 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 nine-letter word, 3 seven-letter words, 6 six-letter words, 11 five-letter words, 19 four-letter words, 24 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.