OBIA is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. OBIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OBIA?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OBIA is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OBIA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OBIA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OBIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What does OBIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
Caribbeanhistorical
A form of folk magic and sorcery practised in the West Indies, known elsewhere as obeah.
Obia is one of several spellings of the same word — alongside obeah, obe and obi — for a system of charms, curses and healing rooted in West African belief and carried to the Caribbean. Colonial authorities once banned its practice by law, which is part of why it is documented mainly in historical and legal records rather than everyday speech.
How OBIA is used
Uncountable. Chiefly historical; spelled variously as obeah, obia, obi or obe.
- The old woman was said to practise obia in secret.
- Colonial law once made obia a punishable offence.
- He blamed his illness on obia rather than on the fever.
- Obia mixed African belief with whatever the island offered.
- The novel treats obia as real within its own world.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OBIA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OBIA
1 longer words begin with OBIA.
Words ending in OBIA
Showing 24 of 95 words that end in OBIA. Useful as a back hook: play OBIA onto a word already on the board.
Words with OBIA inside
Showing 24 of 108 words that contain OBIA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OBIA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OBIA
Common questions about OBIA
- Is OBIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OBIA, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OBIA worth?
- OBIA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OBIA mean?
- A form of folk magic and sorcery practised in the West Indies, known elsewhere as obeah.
- What letters can be added to OBIA?
- OBIA takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OBIA:
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