Is OBTAIN a word?
OBTAIN is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends, has 6 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 53 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, OBTAIN is a valid word.
What does obtain mean?
verb: come into possession of.
“How did you obtain the visa?”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
OBTAIN: word details
- Pronunciation: uhb-TAYN (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 6 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 22,342 6-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 8 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 10 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.
Anagrams of obtain
Shorter words inside obtain
Words you can make from the letters of obtain.
Solve a whole rack, not just OBTAIN
OBTAIN is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does OBTAIN mean?
OBTAIN is a verb. It means: come into possession of.
Is OBTAIN a valid word?
Yes, OBTAIN is a valid word. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 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.