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What does obvious mean? Is obvious a Scrabble word?

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Is obvious a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word obvious is a Scrabble US word. The word obvious is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

O1B3V4I1O1U1S1

Is obvious a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word obvious is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

O1B3V4I1O1U1S1

Is obvious a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word obvious is a Words With Friends word. The word obvious is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

O1B4V5I1O1U2S1

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7-letter words (1 found)

OBVIOUS,

6-letter words (1 found)

OVIBOS,

4-letter words (7 found)

BIOS,BOIS,BOOS,OBIS,OBOS,OBVS,VIBS,

3-letter words (21 found)

BIO,BIS,BOI,BOO,BOS,BUS,IOS,ISO,OBI,OBO,OBS,OIS,OOS,OUS,SIB,SOB,SOU,SOV,SUB,SUI,VIS,

2-letter words (12 found)

BI,BO,IO,IS,OB,OI,OO,OS,OU,SI,SO,US,

You can make 42 words from obvious according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of obvious

obvious

Etymology

16th century, from Latin obvius (“being in the way so as to meet, meeting, easy to access, at hand, ready, obvious”) +‎ -ous, from ob- (“before”) + via (“way”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑb.vi.əs/, (fast speech) /ˈɑ.vi.əs/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒ.vɪəs/, /ˈɒb.vɪəs/, (fast speech) /ˈɒv.jəs/
  • Hyphenation: ob‧vi‧ous

Adjective

obvious (comparative more obvious, superlative most obvious)

  1. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.

Synonyms

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Further reading

  • “obvious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “obvious”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • obvious in Britannica Dictionary
  • obvious in Macmillan Collocations Dictionary
  • obvious in Ozdic collocation dictionary
  • obvious in WordReference English Collocations

Source: wiktionary.org