The word obviate is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • obviate v. (Transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required).
  • obviate v. (Transitive) To avoid (a future problem or difficult situation).
  • obviate n. (Linguistics) Synonym of obviative.

23 valid words from 3 definitions

AND ANTICIPATE AVOID BEEN BYPASS DIFFICULT FUTURE HAVE LINGUISTICS NECESSARY OF OR OTHERWISE PREVENT PROBLEM REQUIRED SITUATION SOMETHING SYNONYM TO TRANSITIVE WHICH WOULD

1 invalid word from 3 definitions

OBVIATIVE

5 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

AT ATE OB TE VIA

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

AI BO ET ETA TA TAI

2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

OBVIATED OBVIATES

4 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+D OBVIATED
+L BLOVIATE
+R ABORTIVE
+S OBVIATES

2 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-I BOVATE
-V BOATIE

Scrabble scoring

  • 12 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 16551 chance (0.01%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 85774 chance.

Other languages

Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No cousins (Word found by changing only one letter.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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