OBFUSCATORY is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. OBFUSCATORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OBFUSCATORY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OBFUSCATORY is to know. It scores 21 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OBFUSCATORY
No single letter turns OBFUSCATORY into another word.
How OBFUSCATORY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in OBFUSCATORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OBFUSCATORY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OBFUSCATORY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Tending to make something unclear, confusing or hard to understand.
An obfuscatory reply hides the point behind jargon and evasions. Writers often use it to criticise officials or contracts that seem designed to bewilder rather than explain.
How OBFUSCATORY is used
A critical term, used for deliberately vague speech or writing.
- The minister gave an obfuscatory answer that settled nothing.
- Critics condemned the obfuscatory wording of the contract.
- Her obfuscatory style made the report almost impossible to follow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OBFUSCATORY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OBFUSCATORY
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Common questions about OBFUSCATORY
- Is OBFUSCATORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OBFUSCATORY, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OBFUSCATORY worth?
- OBFUSCATORY is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OBFUSCATORY mean?
- Tending to make something unclear, confusing or hard to understand.
- What letters can be added to OBFUSCATORY?
- No single letter can be added to OBFUSCATORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of OBFUSCATORY:
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