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Is obiter a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word obiter is a Scrabble US word. The word obiter is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

O1B3I1T1E1R1

Is obiter a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word obiter is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

O1B3I1T1E1R1

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6-letter words (1 found)

OBITER,

5-letter words (5 found)

BITER,BOITE,ORBIT,REBIT,TRIBE,

4-letter words (25 found)

BIER,BIRO,BITE,BITO,BOET,BORE,BORT,BOTE,BREI,BRIE,BRIO,BRIT,OBIT,RIOT,RITE,ROBE,ROTE,ROTI,TIER,TIRE,TIRO,TORE,TORI,TRIE,TRIO,

3-letter words (25 found)

BET,BIO,BIT,BOI,BOR,BOT,BRO,IRE,OBE,OBI,ORB,ORE,ORT,REB,REI,REO,RET,RIB,RIT,ROB,ROE,ROT,TIE,TOE,TOR,

2-letter words (15 found)

BE,BI,BO,ER,ET,IO,IT,OB,OE,OI,OR,RE,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 72 words from obiter according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of obiter

obiter

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obiter.

Adverb

obiter (not comparable)

  1. (formal) Incidentally; in passing.
    • , New York, 2001, p.206:
      I will not here stand to discuss obiter, whether stars be causes, or signs; or to apologize for judicial astrology.

Noun

obiter (plural obiters)

  1. (law) An obiter dictum; a statement from the bench commenting on a point of law which is not necessary for the judgment at hand and therefore has no judicial weight, as opposed to ratio decidendi.

Coordinate terms

  • ratio decidendi, ratio

Related terms

Anagrams

  • brotie, torbie

Latin

Etymology

ob- +‎ iter

Adverb

obiter (not comparable)

  1. on the way
  2. incidentally

References

  • “obiter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “obiter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • obiter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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