OBTUSE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. OBTUSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OBTUSE?
| 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 OBTUSE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OBTUSE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
obtuserChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How OBTUSE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OBTUSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 64,673.
What does OBTUSE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Slow to understand or notice something obvious; also used of an angle greater than ninety degrees and less than a straight line.
Obtuse describes a mind that misses a point everyone else has already grasped, sometimes because the person genuinely cannot follow the reasoning and sometimes because they refuse to. The same word does double duty in geometry, where an obtuse angle simply opens wider than a right angle without reaching a straight line. Both senses trace back to a Latin word meaning blunted or dulled, which is also why a knife or a physical point can be called obtuse rather than sharp.
How OBTUSE is used
Common in everyday criticism of someone's understanding, and equally common as a plain technical term in geometry and mathematics.
- Stop being so obtuse; the answer was right in front of you.
- The two sides meet at an obtuse angle of about 120 degrees.
- Her obtuse response suggested she had not read the report at all.
- A blade this obtuse will never cut cleanly through rope.
- He played obtuse whenever the conversation turned to money he owed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OBTUSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OBTUSE
The 6 tiles of OBTUSE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with OBTUSE
5 longer words begin with OBTUSE.
Shorter words from the letters in OBTUSE
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Common questions about OBTUSE
- Is OBTUSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OBTUSE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OBTUSE worth?
- OBTUSE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OBTUSE mean?
- Slow to understand or notice something obvious; also used of an angle greater than ninety degrees and less than a straight line.
- What letters can be added to OBTUSE?
- OBTUSE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OBTUSE:
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