OBOLE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. OBOLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OBOLE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OBOLE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OBOLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OBOLE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in OBOLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 28,009.
What does OBOLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
The French spelling of the ancient Greek coin obol, also used for a small apothecary's weight.
Ancient Greek burial custom sometimes placed a single obole in the mouth of the dead, a small fee meant to pay the way into the underworld. Long after the coin fell out of use, apothecaries kept the same name for a tiny unit of weight, roughly twelve grains, on their old weighing scales.
How OBOLE is used
A historical term met in discussions of ancient Greek coinage and, later, in old apothecary systems of weight.
- The merchant priced the loaf at a single obole.
- Archaeologists found a small silver obole in the grave.
- An obole was worth a small fraction of a drachma.
- The old pharmacist's chart still listed the obole as a unit of weight.
- Historians debate how far an obole would stretch in the ancient market.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OBOLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OBOLE
1 longer words begin with OBOLE.
Words ending in OBOLE
2 words end in OBOLE. Useful as a back hook: play OBOLE onto a word already on the board.
Words with OBOLE inside
2 words contain OBOLE in the middle. Words that start with OBOLE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OBOLE
Common questions about OBOLE
- Is OBOLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OBOLE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OBOLE worth?
- OBOLE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OBOLE mean?
- The French spelling of the ancient Greek coin obol, also used for a small apothecary's weight.
- What letters can be added to OBOLE?
- OBOLE takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of OBOLE:
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