OBELISE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. OBELISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OBELISE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OBELISE is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OBELISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OBELISE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in OBELISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 105,269.
What does OBELISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
Britishtechnical
To mark a word or passage in a text with an obelus to show that it is doubtful or false.
Editors once used the dagger-shaped obelus to flag lines they thought were spurious. To obelise a passage was to cast open suspicion on it without deleting it. The spelling with s is the British form.
How OBELISE is used
Obelise is a scholarly term used in textual criticism.
- The editor chose to obelise the disputed line.
- Scribes would obelise a verse they could not trust.
- It is customary to obelise any passage added by a later hand.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OBELISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OBELISE
2 longer words begin with OBELISE.
Shorter words from the letters in OBELISE
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Common questions about OBELISE
- Is OBELISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OBELISE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OBELISE worth?
- OBELISE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OBELISE mean?
- To mark a word or passage in a text with an obelus to show that it is doubtful or false.
- What letters can be added to OBELISE?
- OBELISE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of OBELISE:
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