OBLIQUITY is a valid Scrabble word — 23 points
Yes. OBLIQUITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OBLIQUITY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OBLIQUITY is to know. It scores 23 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OBLIQUITY
No single letter turns OBLIQUITY into another word.
How OBLIQUITY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in OBLIQUITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OBLIQUITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OBLIQUITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
The state of being slanted away from the vertical or horizontal, or the angle of such a slant.
Astronomers speak of the obliquity of the Earth's axis, the tilt that produces the seasons. In writing the word can also mean indirectness of speech or conduct. It is a more technical cousin of the everyday word slant.
How OBLIQUITY is used
Used in astronomy and geometry, and occasionally in literary descriptions of indirect speech.
- The obliquity of the planet's axis shapes its seasons.
- He admired the obliquity of her reply.
- The surveyor measured the obliquity of the old wall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OBLIQUITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OBLIQUITY
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Common questions about OBLIQUITY
- Is OBLIQUITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OBLIQUITY, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OBLIQUITY worth?
- OBLIQUITY is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OBLIQUITY mean?
- The state of being slanted away from the vertical or horizontal, or the angle of such a slant.
- What letters can be added to OBLIQUITY?
- No single letter can be added to OBLIQUITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of OBLIQUITY:
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