Is OBLIGING a word?
OBLIGING is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends, has 8 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, OBLIGING is a valid word.
What does obliging mean?
adjective: showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others.
“to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
OBLIGING: word details
- Pronunciation: uhb-LEYE-jihng (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 8 letters, a long word. It is one of 40,530 8-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 17 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside obliging
Words you can make from the letters of obliging.
Frequently asked questions
What does OBLIGING mean?
OBLIGING is a adjective. It means: showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others.
Is OBLIGING a valid word?
Yes, OBLIGING is a valid word. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.