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Thirty seven words carry O second and B third, and a doubled B with a Y on the end runs through the group.
BOBBY, COBBY, DOBBY, GOBBY, HOBBY, LOBBY, MOBBY and NOBBY all double the B and close on Y. Eight of the thirty seven finish that way.
They differ in the first box alone. Landing on the shape narrows the word without identifying it, which is the central difficulty of this page.
ROBOT, NOBLE, ROBIN, COBRA and SOBER are the entries in general use, alongside HOBBY and LOBBY from the doubled B branch.
B takes it in ten of the thirty seven and L in six, with O and E on five each. Between the doubled B cluster and the BLE words, most of the group is accounted for.
Y closes nine of the thirty seven, more than any other letter, and S closes seven. That Y rate is high and comes almost entirely from the doubled B words.
Eleven of the thirty seven repeat a letter, which is a large share. If you are scanning for fresh letters on this page you will skip most of it.
NOBLE tests the N, L and E without repeating. ROBOT uses the O twice, which spends part of the guess.
An informal British word for a loutish young man, an extension of yob. It doubles the B like the rest of that branch.
A large game fish found in warm seas. It is the kind of specialist name that pads out a group like this.
A roble is an oak tree in Spanish speaking regions and NOBLE is the ordinary English adjective. One letter apart with no connection at all.