OUBLIETTE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OUBLIETTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OUBLIETTE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OUBLIETTE is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUBLIETTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
oubliettesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OUBLIETTE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in OUBLIETTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OUBLIETTE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OUBLIETTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A secret dungeon in a castle, reached only through a trapdoor in the ceiling.
The name comes from a French word for forgetting, since prisoners lowered into one were often left there and forgotten. Few such cells survive, but the oubliette is a favourite of castle tours and adventure stories.
How OUBLIETTE is used
Used in history, fiction and tourism about medieval castles and their prisons.
- The guide showed us the oubliette beneath the great hall.
- The villain threw the hero into an oubliette and bolted the trapdoor.
- Prisoners in the oubliette saw daylight only when the hatch was opened.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUBLIETTE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OUBLIETTE
1 longer words begin with OUBLIETTE.
Shorter words from the letters in OUBLIETTE
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Common questions about OUBLIETTE
- Is OUBLIETTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUBLIETTE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUBLIETTE worth?
- OUBLIETTE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUBLIETTE mean?
- A secret dungeon in a castle, reached only through a trapdoor in the ceiling.
- What letters can be added to OUBLIETTE?
- OUBLIETTE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of OUBLIETTE:
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