OBSTREPEROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. OBSTREPEROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OBSTREPEROUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OBSTREPEROUS is to know. It scores 16 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OBSTREPEROUS
No single letter turns OBSTREPEROUS into another word.
How OBSTREPEROUS scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in OBSTREPEROUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OBSTREPEROUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OBSTREPEROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Noisy and stubbornly hard to control, especially when resisting instructions.
Obstreperous is often used for children, animals or crowds that refuse to settle down. It combines loudness with defiance, which sets it apart from merely being talkative. The spelling obstropalous is a rarer variant.
How OBSTREPEROUS is used
Typically applied to unruly people or animals in a disapproving or wry tone.
- The obstreperous toddler refused to put on his coat and shouted all the way to the car.
- An obstreperous guest had to be escorted from the hall.
- The obstreperous crowd drowned out the speaker.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OBSTREPEROUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OBSTREPEROUS
2 longer words begin with OBSTREPEROUS.
Shorter words from the letters in OBSTREPEROUS
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Common questions about OBSTREPEROUS
- Is OBSTREPEROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OBSTREPEROUS, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OBSTREPEROUS worth?
- OBSTREPEROUS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OBSTREPEROUS mean?
- Noisy and stubbornly hard to control, especially when resisting instructions.
- What letters can be added to OBSTREPEROUS?
- No single letter can be added to OBSTREPEROUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of OBSTREPEROUS:
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