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Yes. The word obelisk is a Scrabble US word. The word obelisk is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word obelisk is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

OBELISK,

6-letter words (1 found)

BLOKES,

5-letter words (17 found)

BIKES,BILES,BILKS,BLOKE,BOILS,BOKES,BOLES,BOSIE,KIBES,KILOS,KOELS,LESBO,LIKES,LOBES,LOKES,OBELI,SOLEI,

4-letter words (56 found)

BELS,BIKE,BILE,BILK,BIOS,BISE,BISK,BOIL,BOIS,BOKE,BOKS,BOLE,BOSK,EIKS,ELKS,ILKS,ISLE,KEBS,KIBE,KILO,KOBS,KOEL,KOIS,LEIS,LEKS,LIBS,LIES,LIKE,LISK,LOBE,LOBI,LOBS,LOKE,LOSE,OBES,OBIS,OIKS,OILS,OKES,OLES,SEIK,SEIL,SIKE,SILE,SILK,SILO,SKEO,SKIO,SKOL,SLEB,SLOB,SLOE,SOIL,SOKE,SOLE,SOLI,

3-letter words (44 found)

BEL,BES,BIO,BIS,BOI,BOK,BOS,EIK,ELK,ELS,IKE,ILK,IOS,ISO,KEB,KIS,KOB,KOI,KOS,LEI,LEK,LES,LIB,LIE,LIS,LOB,LOS,OBE,OBI,OBS,OES,OIK,OIL,OIS,OKE,OLE,OSE,SEI,SEL,SIB,SIK,SKI,SOB,SOL,

2-letter words (18 found)

BE,BI,BO,EL,ES,IO,IS,KI,KO,LI,LO,OB,OE,OI,OK,OS,SI,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 138 words from obelisk according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of obelisk

obelisk

Etymology

From Middle French obelisque, from Latin obeliscus (“obelisk”), from Ancient Greek ὀβελίσκος (obelískos), diminutive of ὀβελός (obelós, “needle”). Doublet of obelus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒbəlɪsk/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔbəlɪsk/, /ˈɑbəlɪsk/

Noun

obelisk (plural obelisks)

  1. (architecture) A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument. [from mid 16th c.]
  2. (typography) Synonym of obelus
    1. (historical) A symbol resembling a horizontal line (–), sometimes together with one or two dots (for example, ⨪ or ÷), which was used in ancient manuscripts and texts to mark a word or passage as doubtful or spurious, or redundant.
    2. A dagger symbol (†), which is used in printed matter as a reference mark to refer the reader to a footnote, marginal note, etc.; beside a person's name to indicate that the person is deceased; or beside a date to indicate that it is a person's death date.

Usage notes

Regarding sense 2, obelus was used in Middle English, but thereafter was displaced by obelisk until the 19th century when both words began to be used with equal regularity.

Alternative forms

  • obelisc

Synonyms

  • (architecture): aguilla, pylon, stela

Hypernyms

  • (architecture): needle

Meronyms

  • (architecture): pyramidion

Derived terms

  • obeliscal
  • obeliscoid, obeliskoid
  • obelisklike

Translations

See also

  • menhir
  • pillar

Verb

obelisk (third-person singular simple present obelisks, present participle obelisking, simple past and past participle obelisked)

  1. (entomology, of a dragonfly) To adopt the obelisk posture; to point the tip of the abdomen towards the sun.

References

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French obélisque, from Middle French obelisque, from Latin obeliscus (“obelisk”), from Ancient Greek ὀβελίσκος (obelískos), diminutive of ὀβελός (obelós, “needle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔˈbɛ.lisk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlisk
  • Syllabification: o‧be‧lisk

Noun

obelisk m inan

  1. (architecture) obelisk (tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • obelisk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • obelisk in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /obělisk/
  • Hyphenation: o‧be‧lisk

Noun

obèlisk m (Cyrillic spelling обѐлиск)

  1. obelisk

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /obɛlɪsk/
  • Rhymes: -ɪsk

Noun

obelisk c

  1. obelisk

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org