OBLIGATE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OBLIGATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OBLIGATE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OBLIGATE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OBLIGATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OBLIGATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OBLIGATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OBLIGATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about OBLIGATE
- All 8 letters of OBLIGATE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OBLIGATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To bind someone morally or legally to a duty.
A promise or contract can obligate you to act, even if you would rather not. In finance, to obligate funds means to set them aside for a particular payment. As an adjective in biology, obligate describes an organism that cannot survive any other way.
How OBLIGATE is used
Used in legal, financial and ordinary speech about duties.
- The agreement does not obligate you to buy.
- Her promise seemed to obligate him to help.
- The agency must obligate the money before year end.
- Do not let a favour obligate you to stay silent.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OBLIGATE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OBLIGATE
3 longer words begin with OBLIGATE.
Shorter words from the letters in OBLIGATE
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Common questions about OBLIGATE
- Is OBLIGATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OBLIGATE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OBLIGATE worth?
- OBLIGATE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OBLIGATE mean?
- To bind someone morally or legally to a duty.
- What letters can be added to OBLIGATE?
- OBLIGATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OBLIGATE:
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