OBITUARY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. OBITUARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OBITUARY?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OBITUARY is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OBITUARY
No single letter turns OBITUARY into another word.
How OBITUARY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OBITUARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OBITUARY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about OBITUARY
- All 8 letters of OBITUARY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OBITUARY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A published announcement of someone's death, usually with a short account of their life.
Newspapers keep obituary pages, and well-known figures often have their obituary prepared long before it is needed. A good obituary balances facts with a sense of the person.
How OBITUARY is used
An obituary is found in newspapers, magazines and journals, and online memorial pages.
- The obituary appeared in Tuesday's paper.
- He read his uncle's obituary twice before folding the page.
- Her obituary praised her years of work as a teacher.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OBITUARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OBITUARY
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Common questions about OBITUARY
- Is OBITUARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OBITUARY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OBITUARY worth?
- OBITUARY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OBITUARY mean?
- A published announcement of someone's death, usually with a short account of their life.
- What letters can be added to OBITUARY?
- No single letter can be added to OBITUARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OBITUARY:
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