ostensible

1. Represented or appearing as such; ostensive: His ostensible purpose was charity, but his real goal was popularity.

2. Intended for display open to view.

3. Being such in appearance rather than demonstrably true or real .

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
ostensible	12	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
be	4
bi	4
bo	4
el	2
en	2
es	2
et	2
in	2
is	2
it	2
li	2
lo	2
ne	2
no	2
oe	2
oi	2
on	2
os	2
si	2
so	2
te	2
ti	2
to	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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bel	5
ben	5
bes	5
bet	5
bin	5
bio	5
bis	5
bit	5
bos	5
bot	5
eel	3
els	3
ens	3
eon	3
ess	3
est	3
ins	3
ion	3
its	3
lee	3
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let	3
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lin	3
lis	3
lit	3
lob	5
lot	3
neb	5
nee	3
net	3
nib	5
nil	3
nit	3
nob	5
nos	3
not	3
obe	5
obi	5
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ole	3
one	3
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ose	3
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sei	3
sel	3
sen	3
set	3
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sis	3
sit	3
sob	5
sol	3
son	3
sos	3
sot	3
tee	3
tel	3
ten	3
tes	3
tie	3
til	3
tin	3
tis	3
toe	3
ton	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
been	6
bees	6
beet	6
bels	6
belt	6
bene	6
bens	6
bent	6
best	6
bets	6
bile	6
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bolt	6
bone	6
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esne	4
esse	4
ests	4
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isle	4
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libs	6
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lies	4
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lint	4
lion	4
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nebs	6
ness	4
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nobs	6
noel	4
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note	4
obes	6
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obit	6
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oles	4
ones	4
oses	4
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sibs	6
silo	4
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site	4
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soil	4
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tele	4
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ties	4
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tils	4
tine	4
tins	4
toes	4
toil	4
tole	4
tone	4
tons	4
toss	4

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
beets	7
belie	7
belon	7
belts	7
benes	7
bento	7
bents	7
beses	7
beset	7
besot	7
bests	7
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bints	7
biont	7
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bison	7
bites	7
blent	7
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ebons	7
elint	5
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enols	5
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esnes	5
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isles	5
islet	5
istle	5
leben	7
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lenes	5
lenis	5
lenos	5
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loess	5
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noble	7
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obeli	7
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obits	7
olein	5
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sites	5
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snibs	7
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stein	5
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tense	5
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toile	5
toils	5
toles	5
tones	5
intel	5

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
belies	8
belons	8
bentos	8
besets	8
besots	8
bestie	8
betels	8
betise	8
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elints	6
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enisle	6
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enosis	6
ensile	6
entoil	6
eosine	6
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essoin	6
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insole	6
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istles	6
lebens	8
lenite	6
lenses	6
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leones	6
lesion	6
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listen	6
nestle	6
niblet	8
nobles	8
noesis	6
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oleine	6
oleins	6
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sonsie	6
steels	6
steins	6
steles	6
stenos	6
stiles	6
stolen	6
stoles	6
stones	6
telson	6
tenesi	6
tenses	6
tinsel	6
tobies	8
toiles	6
tonsil	6
onesie	6
siloes	6

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
besties	9
betises	9
boletes	9
boneset	9
boniest	9
ebonies	9
ebonise	9
ebonite	9
enisles	7
enlists	7
ensiles	7
entoils	7
eosines	7
etoiles	7
insoles	7
lenites	7
lesions	7
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listens	7
nestles	7
netless	7
niblets	9
noblest	9
nosiest	7
obelise	9
oleines	7
onliest	7
seniles	7
sestine	7
setline	7
silents	7
telesis	7
telsons	7
tensile	7
tieless	7
tinsels	7
toeless	7
tonsils	7
onesies	7

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
betonies	10
boneless	10
bonesets	10
ebonises	10
ebonites	10
essonite	8
liteness	8
noblesse	10
noteless	8
obelises	10
sensible	10
setlines	8
stilbene	10
tensible	10
toneless	8

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
stilbenes	11

10 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ostensible	12