OBEY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. OBEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OBEY?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OBEY is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OBEY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OBEY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OBEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What does OBEY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To do what one is told to do.
Obey came from a Latin word meaning to listen towards, so obedience was originally a matter of hearing rather than of submission. English took it through French in the thirteenth century.
How OBEY is used
Obeyed, obeys. Takes a direct object.
- They obeyed the order and questioned it afterwards.
- The word obey once meant to listen towards.
- A dog that obeys nobody is a nuisance.
- French carried obey into English in the thirteenth century.
- Nothing obeyed the switch until the fuse was changed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OBEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OBEY
The 4 tiles of OBEY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with OBEY
6 longer words begin with OBEY.
Words ending in OBEY
2 words end in OBEY. Useful as a back hook: play OBEY onto a word already on the board.
Words with OBEY inside
7 words contain OBEY in the middle. Words that start with OBEY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OBEY
Common questions about OBEY
- Is OBEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OBEY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OBEY worth?
- OBEY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OBEY mean?
- To do what one is told to do.
- What letters can be added to OBEY?
- OBEY takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OBEY:
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