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Unscramble OBLIGATE — 210 words
The letters OBLIGATE rearrange into 1 full anagram and 210 words in total.
- Total words
- 210
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 8 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 4
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 4 vowels (O, I, A, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 4 remaining consonants (B, L, G, T).
obligate in a sentence
“That's your true plan -- to obligate The present ministers of state.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of OBLIGATE
One word uses all 8 letters:
- obligate
8-letter words
1 word found- obligate11
7-letter words
1 word found- globate10
6-letter words
18 words found- giblet9
- goblet9
- oblige9
- albeit8
- albite8
- boatel8
- boleti8
- lobate8
- obelia8
- oblate8
- aiglet7
- galiot7
- gelati7
- gelato7
- goalie7
+ 3 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
31 words found- bagel8
- begat8
- begot8
- belga8
- bigot8
- bilge8
- bogie8
- bogle8
- gable8
- gleba8
- globe8
- aboil7
- balti7
- biota7
- blate7
+ 16 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
69 words found- biog7
- blag7
- blog7
- gibe7
- glib7
- glob7
- abet6
- able6
- bail6
- bait6
- bale6
- bate6
- beal6
- beat6
- belt6
+ 54 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
66 words found- bag6
- beg6
- big6
- bog6
- gab6
- gib6
- gob6
- alb5
- bae5
- bal5
- bat5
- bel5
- bet5
- bio5
- bit5
+ 51 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
24 words found- ab4
- ba4
- be4
- bi4
- bo4
- ag3
- gi3
- go3
- ae2
- ai2
- al2
- at2
- el2
- et2
- it2
+ 9 more 2-letter words
Words hidden inside OBLIGATE
Without moving a single letter, reading obligate straight through uncovers 4 shorter words — ligate, gate, ate, gat. The longest unbroken run is ligate.
- ligate7
- gate5
- ate3
- gat4
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Shorter words inside OBLIGATE — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to OBLIGATE
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and obligate opens up 3 9-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
- obligate11
- globate10
- giblet9
- goblet9
- oblige9
- albeit8
- albite8
- boatel8
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
8
Distinct
8
Vowels
50%
O, I, A, E
Consonants
50%
B, L, G, T
Solving OBLIGATE: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters obligate?
Rearranging the 8 letters in obligate produces 210 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 8-letter answer obligate here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does obligate have any anagrams?
Using all 8 letters, obligate rearranges into exactly one word: obligate.
What is the longest word you can make from obligate?
The longest solution is obligate at 8 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from obligate?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: obligate yields age, ago, ail, ait, alb, ale, alt, ate, bae and bag. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
How is the word "obligate" used in a sentence?
Obligate is itself a valid word. For example: "That's your true plan -- to obligate The present ministers of state." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from obligate scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, obligate is the top scorer from obligate at 11 points, followed by globate (10), giblet (9) and goblet (9). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside obligate?
Read left to right without moving any letters and obligate already contains 4 shorter words: ligate, gate, ate and gat. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is ligate. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.