obtrusively needs no unscrambling at all — the eleven-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 19 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 912 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
obtrusively is the highest-scoring word from obtrusively, worth 19 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 912 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eleven-letter word uses the letters in obtrusively — and it is obtrusively itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 19 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling obtrusively turns up 4 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is verbosity, worth 17 points in Scrabble.
There are 27 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in obtrusively. If a familiar word is all you need, start with troubles. For points, the strongest plays are overbusy and overbuys — each worth 16 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in obtrusively produces 74 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with butlers, liberty and lobster. For points, the strongest plays are brevity and overbuy — each worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling obtrusively turns up 175 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with bluest, buries and busier. For points, 11 words tie at 12 points, including levity, livery and livyer.
There are 256 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in obtrusively. If a familiar word is all you need, start with belts, tires and tours. For points, the strongest plays are ivory and lovey — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in obtrusively produces 242 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with belt, best and bets. For points, the strongest play is bevy — worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling obtrusively turns up 106 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with bet, bit and boy. For points, the strongest play is ivy — worth 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 27 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in obtrusively. If a familiar word is all you need, start with be, by and is. For points, the strongest play is by — worth 7 points in Scrabble.
obtrusively 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 3-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record one sense for obtrusively. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 19 points on a Scrabble board:
obtrusively is the only eleven-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing obtrusively unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is obtrusively, worth 19 points in Scrabble, and no other word from obtrusively 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 obtrusively produce 912 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eleven-letter word, 4 nine-letter words, 27 eight-letter words, 74 seven-letter words, 175 six-letter words, 256 five-letter words, 242 four-letter words, 106 three-letter words and 27 two-letter words.