Jumble solved
Is OBOLUS a word? Yes.
OBOLUS is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 6 letters, worth 8 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 29 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 29
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 6 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 3 : 3
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 3 vowels (O, O, U) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 3 remaining consonants (B, L, S).
Anagrams of OBOLUS
One word uses all 6 letters:
- obolus
6-letter words
1 word found5-letter words
4 words found4-letter words
10 words found3-letter words
9 words found2-letter words
5 words foundWords hidden inside OBOLUS
Without moving a single letter, reading obolus straight through uncovers 2 shorter words — bolus, obol. The longest unbroken run is bolus.
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Add one letter to OBOLUS
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and obolus opens up 4 7-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).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
6
Distinct
5
Vowels
50%
O, O, U
Consonants
50%
B, L, S
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Solving OBOLUS: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters obolus?
Rearranging the 6 letters in obolus produces 29 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 6-letter answer obolus here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does obolus have any anagrams?
Using all 6 letters, obolus rearranges into exactly one word: obolus.
What is the longest word you can make from obolus?
The longest solution is obolus at 6 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from obolus?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: obolus yields boo, bos, bus, lob, loo, sob, sol, sou, sub and bo. 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.
Which word from obolus scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, obolus is the top scorer from obolus at 8 points, followed by bolos (7), bolus (7) and lobos (7). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside obolus?
Read left to right without moving any letters and obolus already contains 2 shorter words: bolus and obol. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is bolus. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.