What OBLIGATORY Means
- adjective: morally or legally constraining or binding“attendance is obligatory”
- adjective: required by obligation or compulsion or convention“he made all the obligatory apologies”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
OBLIGATORY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 B3 L1 I1 G2 A1 T1 O1 R1 Y4.
Words Made From The Letters In OBLIGATORY
423 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
9 letter words (2)
8 letter words (4)
7 letter words (14)
6 letter words (31)
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5 letter words (91)
ABOILABORTAGLOOALGORARGILARGOLARGOTARIOTBALOOBALTIBIALYBIGLYBIGOTBILGYBIOTABLARTBLOATBOARTBOLARBOOAIBOOAYBOOGYBOOTYBORALBORGOBORTYBOYARBOYLABRAILBROILBROOLGAILYGARBOGATORGIRLYGLAIRGLARYGLOATGLOBIGLOBYGLORYGOARYGOATYGOBARGOOBYGOOLYGOORYGORALGRAILGRIOTGROATGYRALIGLOOLABORLAIRYLAITYLARGOLIARTLIBRALIROTLOBARLOGIALOGOILOOBYLYARTOBOLIOLOGYOOBITORBITORGIAOTARYRATIORATOORIGOLRIYALROBOTROILYROLAGROOTYROTALROYALRYBATTABOOTABORTOLARTRAGITRAILTRIALTRIGOTRIOLYARTO
4 letter words (155)
ABLYABRIAGIOAGLYAIRTAIRYALITALOOALTOARILARTIARTYARYLBAILBAITBAYTBIGABIOGBIRLBIROBITOBLAGBLATBLAYBLITBLOGBLOTBOARBOATBOGYBOILBOLABOLOBOLTBOOLBOORBOOTBORABORTBOTABOYGBOYOBRAGBRATBRAYBRIGBRIOBRITBROGBROOBYRLGABYGAIRGAITGAOLGARBGARIGARTGILAGILTGIRLGIROGIRTGLIAGLIBGLITGLOBGOALGOATGOBIGOBOGOBYGOOLGOORGORAGORIGORYGRABGRATGRAYGRITGROTGYALGYRIGYROIOTALAIRLARILATILIARLIRALOBILOBOLOGOLOGYLOIRLOORLOOTLORYLOTALOTILOTOLYRAOARYOATYOBIAOBITOBOLOILYOLIOORALORBYRABIRAGIRAILRAITRATORIALRIBARIOTROILROOTROTAROTIROTLROTORYALRYOTTABITAIGTAILTALITAROTIARTIRLTIROTOBYTOGATOILTOLATOOLTORATORITOROTORYTOYOTRAYTRIGTRIOTROGTROYTYROYAGIYOGAYOGI
3 letter words (98)
ABOABYAGOAILAIRAITALBALTARBARTARYBAGBALBARBATBAYBIGBIOBITBOABOGBOIBOOBORBOTBOYBRABROGABGALGARGATGAYGIBGIOGITGOAGOBGOOGORGOTGOYITALABLAGLARLATLAYLIBLIGLITLOBLOGLOOLORLOTLOYOAROATOBAOBIOBOOILOOROOTORAORBORTRAGRAIRATRAYRIARIBRIGRITROBROOROTRYATABTAGTAITAOTARTAYTIGTILTOGTOOTORTOYTRYTYGYAGYARYGOYOB
2 letter words (28)
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