OSTENSIBLE

10 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What OSTENSIBLE Means

adjective: appearing as such but not necessarily so“for all his apparent wealth, he had no money to pay the rent”
adjective: represented or appearing as such; pretended“His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity”

Similar words

APPARENT SEEMING OSTENSIVE

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

OSTENSIBLE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 S1 T1 E1 N1 S1 I1 B3 L1 E1.

Anagrams of OSTENSIBLE (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In OSTENSIBLE

663 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 (4)

BILESTONE NOBILESSE NOSELITES STILBENES

8 letter words (18)

BETONIES BONELESS BONESETS EBONISES EBONISTS EBONITES ESSONITE ESTOILES LITENESS NOBLESSE NOSELITE NOTELESS OBELISES SENSIBLE SETLINES STILBENE TENSIBLE TONELESS

7 letter words (57)

6 letter words (114)

5 letter words (180)

BEETS BELIE BELON BELTS BENES BENET BENIS BENTO BENTS BESES BESET BESIT BESOT BESTI BESTS BETEL BETES BETON BILES BINES BINTS BIONT BISES BISON BITES BITOS BLEES BLENT BLESS BLEST BLETS BLINS BLISS BLIST BLITE BLITS BLOTS BOETS BOILS BOITE BOLES BOLTS BONES BONIE BOSIE BOTEL BOTES EBONS EISEL ELINT ELITE ELOIN ELSIN ENLIT ENOLS EOSIN ESILE ESNES ETENS INLET INSET INTEL ISLES ISLET ISTLE LEBEN LEETS LENES LENIS LENOS LENSE LENTI LENTO LEONE LESBO LESES LESTS LIENS LINES LINOS LINTS LIONS LISTS LITES LOBES LOESS LOINS LOSEN LOSES LOTES NEBEL NEIST NELIS NESTS NETES NISSE NITES NOBLE NOELS NOILS NOISE NOLES NOSES NOTES OBELI OBESE OBITS OINTS OLEIN OLENT ONSET SEELS SEILS SEINE SEISE SELES SENES SENSE SENSI SENTE SENTI SENTS SETON SIENS SIENT SILEN SILES SILOS SILTS SINES SITES SLEBS SLEET SLITS SLOBS SLOES SLOTS SNEBS SNEES SNIBS SNIES SNITS SNOBS SNOTS SOILS SOLEI SOLES SONES SONSE STEEL STEEN STEIL STEIN STELE STENO STENS STIES STILB STILE STOBS STOLE STOLN STONE TEELS TEENS TEILS TEINS TELES TELOI TELOS TENES TENSE TILES TINES TOILE TOILS TOISE TOLES TONES TOSES

4 letter words (180)

3 letter words (83)

BEE BEL BEN BES BET BIN BIO BIS BIT BOI BON BOS BOT EEL EEN ELS ELT ENE ENS EON ESS EST INS ION IOS ISO ITS LEE LEI LES LET LIB LIE LIN LIS LIT LOB LOS LOT NEB NEE NET NIB NIE NIL NIS NIT NOS NOT OBE OBI OBS OES OIL OIS OLE ONE ONS OSE SEE SEI SEL SEN SET SIB SIN SIS SIT SOB SOL SON SOS SOT TEE TEL TEN TES TIE TIL TIN TIS TOE TON

2 letter words (27)

BE BI BO EE EL EN ES ET IN IO IS IT LI LO NE NO OB OE OI ON OS SI SO ST TE TI TO

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