OBVERT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OBVERT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OBVERT?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OBVERT is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OBVERT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
obvertsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OBVERT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OBVERT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What does OBVERT mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To turn something so that a different face is shown, or in logic, to restate a proposition by switching to its negated opposite.
In logic, to obvert a statement is to change its quality while keeping its meaning, so that all dogs are animals becomes no dogs are non-animals. Outside logic the word is rare and means simply to turn toward or to present another side. It is the verb partner of obverse, the side of a coin that carries the main design.
How OBVERT is used
Technical and rare; mostly in textbooks of logic.
- To obvert the sentence, change its quality and negate the predicate.
- The students learned how to obvert each premise.
- You can obvert a claim without changing its truth.
- He chose to obvert the medal so the portrait faced up.
- Exercises ask you to obvert and then convert.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OBVERT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OBVERT
3 longer words begin with OBVERT.
Shorter words from the letters in OBVERT
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Common questions about OBVERT
- Is OBVERT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OBVERT, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OBVERT worth?
- OBVERT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OBVERT mean?
- To turn something so that a different face is shown, or in logic, to restate a proposition by switching to its negated opposite.
- What letters can be added to OBVERT?
- OBVERT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OBVERT:
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