OBOL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. OBOL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OBOL?
| 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 OBOL is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OBOL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OBOL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OBOL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,505.
What stands out about OBOL
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OBOL mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A small coin of ancient Greece, worth about one sixth of a drachma.
An obol was small change in the ancient Greek world, the kind of coin used for everyday purchases rather than large transactions. It is best remembered today for a custom rather than for commerce: the dead were sometimes buried with an obol under the tongue, said to pay the ferryman for passage across the river to the underworld.
How OBOL is used
Countable: an obol, several obols. Chiefly historical and archaeological.
- An obol was found beneath the skull in the grave.
- Six obols made up a single drachma.
- The old story has the dead carrying an obol for the ferryman.
- Archaeologists catalogued each obol from the hoard separately.
- A labourer might earn a few obols for a day's work.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OBOL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OBOL
The 4 tiles of OBOL in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with OBOL
6 longer words begin with OBOL.
Words ending in OBOL
2 words end in OBOL. Useful as a back hook: play OBOL onto a word already on the board.
Words with OBOL inside
Showing 24 of 37 words that contain OBOL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OBOL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OBOL
Common questions about OBOL
- Is OBOL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OBOL, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OBOL worth?
- OBOL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OBOL mean?
- A small coin of ancient Greece, worth about one sixth of a drachma.
- What letters can be added to OBOL?
- OBOL takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OBOL:
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