OBELIZE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. OBELIZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OBELIZE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 66 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OBELIZE is to know. It scores 18 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OBELIZE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OBELIZE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in OBELIZE, 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 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 421,074.
What does OBELIZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To mark a word or passage in a text with an obelus to show that it is doubtful or spurious.
To obelize is an old scholarly practice, used by editors who wanted to flag lines they did not trust without deleting them. It belongs to textual criticism rather than everyday writing.
How OBELIZE is used
Obelize appears in discussions of manuscripts and editing; the British spelling obelise is described separately.
- The editor chose to obelize the line instead of removing it.
- Ancient scholars would obelize verses they suspected were added later.
- It is rare for a modern editor to obelize a passage this way.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OBELIZE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OBELIZE
2 longer words begin with OBELIZE.
Shorter words from the letters in OBELIZE
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Common questions about OBELIZE
- Is OBELIZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OBELIZE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OBELIZE worth?
- OBELIZE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OBELIZE mean?
- To mark a word or passage in a text with an obelus to show that it is doubtful or spurious.
- What letters can be added to OBELIZE?
- OBELIZE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of OBELIZE:
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