What OBVIATES Means
OBVIATES is a form of OBVIATE, which means:
- verb: get rid of something
- verb: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off“Let's avoid a confrontation”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
OBVIATES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 B3 V4 I1 A1 T1 E1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In OBVIATES
248 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 (3)
6 letter words (13)
5 letter words (52)
ABETSABIESABOVEABSITAVISEAVISOBAITSBASTEBASTIBASTOBATESBEASTBEATSBESATBESITBESOTBESTIBETASBIOTABITESBITOSBOASTBOATSBOETSBOITEBOSIEBOTASBOTESIOTASOAVESOBIASOBITSOSTIAOVATEOVISTSABOTSOAVESTAVESTIVESTOAESTOAISTOVETABESTOEASTOISEVESTAVIBESVISTAVISTOVITAEVITASVOTES
4 letter words (85)
ABETABOSAITSATESAVESAVOSBAITBASEBASTBATEBATSBEATBESTBETABETSBIASBIOSBISEBISTBITEBITOBITSBOASBOATBOETBOISBOTABOTEBOTSEASTEATSETASEVOSIOTAISBAITASOASTOATSOBASOBESOBIAOBISOBITSABESATESATISAVESEATSETASITESOBASTABSTIESTOASTOBTABITABSTAESTAISTAOSTAVSTEASTIESTOEATOESTOSATOSEVAESVASEVASTVATSVESTVETOVETSVIAEVIASVIBEVIBSVIESVISAVISEVITAVITEVOESVOTE
3 letter words (69)
ABOABSAISAITATEATSAVEAVOBASBATBESBETBIOBISBITBOABOIBOSBOTEASEATESTETAEVOIOSISOITAITSOATOBAOBEOBIOBSOESOISOSEOVASABSAESAISATSAVSEASEISETSIBSITSOBSOTSOVTABTAETAITAOTASTAVTEATESTIETISTOEVAEVASVATVETVIAVIEVISVOE
2 letter words (26)
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