What OBSCURE Means
- adjective: not clearly expressed or understood“an obscure turn of phrase”
- adjective: marked by difficulty of style or expression“much that was dark is now quite clear to me”
- verb: make less visible or unclear“The stars are obscured by the clouds”
- verb: make unclear, indistinct, or blurred“Her remarks confused the debate”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
OBSCURE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 B3 S1 C3 U1 R1 E1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of OBSCURE (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In OBSCURE
156 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.
6 letter words (10)
5 letter words (32)
BORESBOUSEBROSEBURSECEROSCORBECORESCORSECOURBCOURECOURSCRUESCRUSECUBERCUBESCURBSCURESCURSEECRUSEUROSREBUSROBESROUESROUSERUBESSCORESCOURSCRUBSOBERSOUCESUBERSUCRE
4 letter words (53)
BOREBORSBROSBRUSBURSCEROCOBSCORECORSCOSECOURCRUECRUSCUBECUBSCUESCURBCURECURSECOSECRUECUSEROSEUROOBESORBSORCSORESOURSREBSRECSREOSROBEROBSROCSROESROSEROUERUBERUBSRUCSRUESRUSESCURSECOSORBSORESOURSUERSUREURBSURESUSER
3 letter words (48)
BESBORBOSBROBRUBURBUSCOBCORCOSCRUCUBCUECURECOECUERSOBEOBSOESORBORCOREORSOSEOUROUSREBRECREORESROBROCROERUBRUCRUESECSERSOBSOCSOUSUBSUESURURBUREUSE
2 letter words (13)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.