What OBSTACLE Means
- noun: something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted“lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement”
- noun: an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented)
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
OBSTACLE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 B3 S1 T1 A1 C3 L1 E1.
Words Made From The Letters In OBSTACLE
390 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.
7 letter words (9)
6 letter words (33)
ABLESTABLETSBASTLEBLAESTBLEATSBLOATSBOATELBOTELSCABLESCABLETCASTLECLEATSCLOSETCLOTESCOATESCOBALTCOBLESCOSTAECOSTALECLATSLACETSLOBATELOCATEOBLASTOBLATEOCTALSOSTEALSCLATESOLACESOLATESTABLETABLESTELCOS
5 letter words (107)
ABETSABLESABLETALCOSALECSALOESALTOSASCOTATOCSBAELSBALESBASTEBASTOBATESBEASTBEATSBELTSBESATBESOTBETASBLAESBLASEBLASTBLATEBLATSBLEATBLESTBLETSBLOATBLOCSBLOTSBOASTBOATSBOETSBOLASBOLESBOLTSBOTASBOTELBOTESCABLECALOSCASTECATESCELTSCESTACLAESCLASTCLATSCLEATCLOSECLOTECLOTSCOALSCOASTCOATECOATSCOBLECOLASCOLESCOLTSCOSETCOSTACOSTECOTESECLATESCOTESTOCLACESLACETLEASTLEATSLESBOLOASTLOBESLOTASLOTESOCTALOCTASSABLESABOTSALETSALTOSCALESCEATSETALSLATESOCLESTALESTEALSTELASTOAESTOLETABESTABLETACESTACOSTAELSTALCSTALESTEALSTELCOTELOSTESLATOEASTOLASTOLES
4 letter words (144)
ABETABLEABOSACESACTSAESCALBEALBSALCOALECALESALOEALSOALTOALTSATESATOCBACSBAELBALEBALSBASEBASTBATEBATSBEATBELSBELTBESTBETABETSBLAEBLATBLETBLOCBLOTBOASBOATBOETBOLABOLEBOLTBOTABOTEBOTSCABSCALOCASECASTCATECATSCEASCELSCELTCLATCLOTCOALCOATCOBSCOLACOLECOLSCOLTCOSECOSTCOTECOTSEASTEATSECOSELTSETASLABSLACELACSLASELASTLATELATSLEASLEATLESTLETSLOBELOBSLOCALOSELOSTLOTALOTELOTSOASTOATSOBASOBESOCASOCTAOLEAOLESSABESALESALTSATESCABSCOTSEALSEATSECOSECTSETASLABSLAESLATSLEBSLOBSLOESLOTSOBASOCASOLASOLESTABSTOASTOBTABSTACETACOTAELTAESTALCTALETAOSTEALTEASTECSTELATELSTOCSTOEATOESTOLATOLETOSATOSE
3 letter words (75)
ABOABSACEACTALBALEALSALTATEATSBACBALBASBATBELBESBETBOABOSBOTCABCATCELCOBCOLCOSCOTEASEATECOELSELTESTETALABLACLASLATLEALESLETLOBLOSLOTOATOBAOBEOBSOCAOESOLEOSESABSACSAESALSATSEASECSELSETSOBSOCSOLSOTTABTAETAOTASTEATECTELTESTOCTOE
2 letter words (22)
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