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Is obtuse a Scrabble word?

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

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Is obtuse a Scrabble UK word?

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

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6-letter words (2 found)

BUTEOS,OBTUSE,

5-letter words (10 found)

BESOT,BOETS,BOTES,BOUSE,BOUTS,BUTEO,BUTES,TOUSE,TSUBO,TUBES,

4-letter words (21 found)

BEST,BETS,BOET,BOTE,BOTS,BOUT,BUST,BUTE,BUTS,OBES,OUST,OUTS,SOUT,STOB,STUB,SUET,TOES,TOSE,TUBE,TUBS,UTES,

3-letter words (25 found)

BES,BET,BOS,BOT,BUS,BUT,EST,OBE,OBS,OES,OSE,OUS,OUT,SET,SOB,SOT,SOU,SUB,SUE,TES,TOE,TUB,USE,UTE,UTS,

2-letter words (14 found)

BE,BO,ES,ET,OB,OE,OS,OU,SO,ST,TE,TO,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 73 words from obtuse according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of obtuse

obtuse

Etymology

From Middle French obtus (“obtuse (geometry); narrow-minded, obtuse; boring, dull, lifeless”), from Latin obtūsus (“blunt, dull; obtuse”), past participle of obtundere, from obtundō (“to batter, beat, strike; to blunt, dull”), from ob- (“prefix meaning against”) (see ob-) + tundō (“to beat, strike; to bruise, crush, pound”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to hit; to push”)). More at obtund.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /əbˈtjuːs/, /-ˈtʃuːs/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /əbˈt(j)us/, /ɑb-/
  • Rhymes: -uːs
  • Hyphenation: ob‧tuse

Adjective

obtuse (comparative obtuser or more obtuse, superlative obtusest or most obtuse)

  1. (now chiefly botany, zoology) Blunt; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form.
    1. (botany, zoology) Blunt, or rounded at the extremity.
    2. (geometry, specifically, of an angle) Larger than one, and smaller than two right angles, or more than 90° and less than 180°.
    3. (geometry, by ellipsis) Obtuse-angled, having an obtuse angle.
  2. Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
  3. Of sound, etc.: deadened, muffled, muted.
  4. Indirect or circuitous.

Synonyms

  • (intellectually dull): dense, dim, dim-witted, thick (informal)
  • (of a sound): deadened, muffled
  • (of a triangle): obtuse-angled
  • (now chiefly botany, zoology): blunt, dull

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "intellectually dull"): bright, intelligent, on the ball, quick off the mark, quick-witted, sharp, smart
  • (antonym(s) of "deadened, muffled, muted"): clear, sharp
  • (antonym(s) of "of an angle"): acute
  • (antonym(s) of "of a triangle"): acute, acute-angled
  • (antonym(s) of "now chiefly botany, zoology"): pointed, sharp

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Verb

obtuse (third-person singular simple present obtuses, present participle obtusing, simple past and past participle obtused)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state.

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Further reading

  • obtuse (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “obtuse”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “obtuse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “obtuse”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • buteos

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔp.tyz/

Adjective

obtuse

  1. feminine singular of obtus

Anagrams

  • boutes

Latin

Adjective

obtūse

  1. vocative masculine singular of obtūsus

References

  • “obtuse”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • obtuse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Source: wiktionary.org