OBLAST is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. OBLAST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OBLAST?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OBLAST is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OBLAST
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OBLAST scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OBLAST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What does OBLAST mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An administrative region or province, especially one of the major territorial divisions of Russia and some other former Soviet republics.
An oblast functions much like a state or province elsewhere, with its own regional government answering to the national capital, and the word entered English directly from Russian rather than being translated. The division dates back to the Soviet Union, which organized much of its territory into oblasts alongside republics and smaller districts, and Russia and several neighboring countries still use the term for their own regions today. English-language news coverage of the region regularly uses oblast rather than a translated equivalent, since no single English word captures the same administrative level.
How OBLAST is used
Common in news reporting and geography about Russia and neighboring countries, used as a loanword rather than translated into English.
- The news report described damage to a bridge in the oblast.
- The oblast government announced new funding for local hospitals.
- Each Soviet oblast sent delegates to the regional congress.
- The map divided the country into dozens of separate oblasts.
- She grew up in a small town in a rural oblast far from the capital.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OBLAST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OBLAST
The 6 tiles of OBLAST in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with OBLAST
2 longer words begin with OBLAST.
Shorter words from the letters in OBLAST
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Common questions about OBLAST
- Is OBLAST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OBLAST, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OBLAST worth?
- OBLAST is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OBLAST mean?
- An administrative region or province, especially one of the major territorial divisions of Russia and some other former Soviet republics.
- What letters can be added to OBLAST?
- OBLAST takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OBLAST:
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