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OBLIGATING

10 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What OBLIGATING Means

OBLIGATING is a form of OBLIGATE, which means:

  1. verb: force somebody to do something“We compel all students to fill out this form”
  2. verb: commit in order to fulfill an obligation“obligate money”
  3. adjective: restricted to a particular condition of life“an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

OBLIGATING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 B3 L1 I1 G2 A1 T1 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In OBLIGATING

330 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

8 letter words (13)

7 letter words (22)

6 letter words (46)

5 letter words (60)

4 letter words (92)

3 letter words (72)

2 letter words (25)

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