OBSCURANTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. OBSCURANTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OBSCURANTIC?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OBSCURANTIC is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OBSCURANTIC
No single letter turns OBSCURANTIC into another word.
How OBSCURANTIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in OBSCURANTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OBSCURANTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OBSCURANTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rareformal
Tending to keep facts hidden or make a subject deliberately hard to understand.
Obscurantic describes writing, policy or an attitude that works against enlightenment, often by hiding facts behind vague language. It is rarer than obscurantist and appears mostly in learned or polemical prose. The tone is critical.
How OBSCURANTIC is used
Obscurantic is uncommon and is used in formal criticism of secrecy or deliberate vagueness.
- The report was obscurantic in tone and told readers almost nothing.
- He attacked the obscurantic habits of the ministry.
- An obscurantic style can protect a weak argument.
- Her obscurantic reply dodged the question entirely.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OBSCURANTIC and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OBSCURANTIC
The 11 tiles of OBSCURANTIC in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in OBSCURANTIC
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Common questions about OBSCURANTIC
- Is OBSCURANTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OBSCURANTIC, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OBSCURANTIC worth?
- OBSCURANTIC is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OBSCURANTIC mean?
- Tending to keep facts hidden or make a subject deliberately hard to understand.
- What letters can be added to OBSCURANTIC?
- No single letter can be added to OBSCURANTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of OBSCURANTIC:
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