OBIT is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. OBIT 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 OBIT?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OBIT is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OBIT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OBIT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OBIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does OBIT mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A short published account of a person's life, written soon after their death; short for obituary.
An obit is the shorthand newspaper term for the fuller word obituary, and the clipped form is standard in newsrooms even though it rarely appears as a headline. In older, historical use an obit could also mean a memorial service or mass held on the anniversary of someone's death, a sense now confined to church records.
How OBIT is used
Countable: an obit, several obits. Informal; the full word obituary is used in formal writing.
- The editor cut his obit down to two hundred words.
- She writes obits for the paper three days a week.
- His obit mentioned the war but not the years after it.
- A well-written obit can read almost like a short story.
- The parish kept a record of every obit held that century.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OBIT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OBIT
The 4 tiles of OBIT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with OBIT
8 longer words begin with OBIT.
Words ending in OBIT
3 words end in OBIT. Useful as a back hook: play OBIT onto a word already on the board.
Words with OBIT inside
24 words contain OBIT in the middle. Words that start with OBIT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OBIT
Common questions about OBIT
- Is OBIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OBIT, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OBIT worth?
- OBIT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OBIT mean?
- A short published account of a person's life, written soon after their death; short for obituary.
- What letters can be added to OBIT?
- OBIT takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OBIT:
Open OBIT in the Word Finder