OBTECT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. OBTECT 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 OBTECT?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OBTECT is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OBTECT
No single letter turns OBTECT into another word.
How OBTECT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OBTECT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 206,954.
What does OBTECT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Describing an insect pupa whose legs and wings are glued tightly against the body inside a single hard case.
In an obtect pupa the future limbs cannot move, because they are sealed to the body by a hardened coating. Butterfly chrysalises and the pupae of many moths are the standard cases, while beetle pupae usually keep their limbs free. The word comes from the Latin for covered over, which fits the closed look of such a pupa.
How OBTECT is used
A technical term of entomology, almost always found in the phrase obtect pupa.
- The butterfly forms an obtect pupa that hangs from a twig.
- A free pupa differs from an obtect one because its legs can be seen separately.
- Students sketched the obtect pupa and labelled the wing case.
- The textbook explains why the obtect type protects the developing insect.
- Most moths pass the winter as an obtect pupa under bark or soil.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OBTECT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OBTECT
1 longer words begin with OBTECT.
Shorter words from the letters in OBTECT
Common questions about OBTECT
- Is OBTECT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OBTECT, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OBTECT worth?
- OBTECT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OBTECT mean?
- Describing an insect pupa whose legs and wings are glued tightly against the body inside a single hard case.
- What letters can be added to OBTECT?
- No single letter can be added to OBTECT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OBTECT:
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