OBSCURENESS is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. OBSCURENESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OBSCURENESS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OBSCURENESS is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OBSCURENESS
No single letter turns OBSCURENESS into another word.
How OBSCURENESS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in OBSCURENESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OBSCURENESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OBSCURENESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of being hard to see, hard to understand, or little known.
Obscureness can describe a faint light, a tangled argument or a forgotten poet. Writers often choose the shorter obscurity, so obscureness tends to sound a little more deliberate.
How OBSCURENESS is used
A less common alternative to obscurity, used for dimness, vagueness or lack of fame.
- The obscureness of the instructions frustrated everyone.
- He lived and died in complete obscureness.
- The obscureness of the text makes translation difficult.
- Fog added to the obscureness of the road ahead.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OBSCURENESS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OBSCURENESS
1 longer words begin with OBSCURENESS.
Shorter words from the letters in OBSCURENESS
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Common questions about OBSCURENESS
- Is OBSCURENESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OBSCURENESS, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OBSCURENESS worth?
- OBSCURENESS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OBSCURENESS mean?
- The quality of being hard to see, hard to understand, or little known.
- What letters can be added to OBSCURENESS?
- No single letter can be added to OBSCURENESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of OBSCURENESS:
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