OBTURATE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. OBTURATE 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 OBTURATE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OBTURATE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OBTURATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OBTURATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OBTURATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OBTURATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OBTURATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To close or block an opening so that nothing can pass through it.
Engineers and doctors use obturate for sealing a passage, and in gun design it covers sealing the breech against escaping gas. It is a rare technical verb that most readers will meet only in specialist texts.
How OBTURATE is used
The verb obturate is technical and takes an opening or passage as its object.
- A soft ring helps obturate the breech when the gun is fired.
- The surgeon used a small plug to obturate the opening.
- A tight seal will obturate the pipe completely.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OBTURATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OBTURATE
The 8 tiles of OBTURATE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with OBTURATE
2 longer words begin with OBTURATE.
Shorter words from the letters in OBTURATE
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Common questions about OBTURATE
- Is OBTURATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OBTURATE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OBTURATE worth?
- OBTURATE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OBTURATE mean?
- To close or block an opening so that nothing can pass through it.
- What letters can be added to OBTURATE?
- OBTURATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OBTURATE:
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