OBSOLETE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. OBSOLETE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OBSOLETE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OBSOLETE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OBSOLETE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OBSOLETE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OBSOLETE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OBSOLETE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OBSOLETE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
No longer produced, used or needed because something newer has taken its place.
Technology gets called obsolete when a faster or smarter version arrives, even if the old one still works. In biology the word can describe a body part that has become reduced or vestigial.
How OBSOLETE is used
The adjective obsolete is used for machines, words, methods and rules that have fallen out of use.
- The old floppy disk drive is now obsolete.
- Many obsolete words survive only in dictionaries.
- The new law made the earlier rules obsolete.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OBSOLETE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OBSOLETE
5 longer words begin with OBSOLETE.
Shorter words from the letters in OBSOLETE
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Common questions about OBSOLETE
- Is OBSOLETE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OBSOLETE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OBSOLETE worth?
- OBSOLETE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OBSOLETE mean?
- No longer produced, used or needed because something newer has taken its place.
- What letters can be added to OBSOLETE?
- OBSOLETE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OBSOLETE:
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