Jumble solved
Is OBVIOUS a word? Yes.
OBVIOUS is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 7 letters, worth 12 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 24 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 24
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 7 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 3
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 4 vowels (O, I, O, U) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 3 remaining consonants (B, V, S).
obvious in a sentence
“Apart and easy to be known they lie, Amidst the heap, and obvious to the eye.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of OBVIOUS
One word uses all 7 letters:
- obvious
7-letter words
1 word found- obvious62
6-letter words
1 word found- ovibos11
4-letter words
3 words found3-letter words
11 words found2-letter words
8 words foundRelated jumbles to try
Shorter words inside OBVIOUS — solve each on its own:
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
7
Distinct
6
Vowels
57%
O, I, O, U
Consonants
43%
B, V, S
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Practise your unscrambling
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Solving OBVIOUS: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters obvious?
Rearranging the 7 letters in obvious produces 24 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 7-letter answer obvious here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does obvious have any anagrams?
Using all 7 letters, obvious rearranges into exactly one word: obvious.
What is the longest word you can make from obvious?
The longest solution is obvious at 7 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from obvious?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: obvious yields bio, bis, boo, bos, bus, obi, sib, sob, sou and sub. 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 "obvious" used in a sentence?
Obvious is itself a valid word. For example: "Apart and easy to be known they lie, Amidst the heap, and obvious to the eye." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from obvious scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, obvious is the top scorer from obvious at 62 points, followed by ovibos (11), bios (6) and boos (6). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.