Is OBSCURING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, OBSCURING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does OBSCURING mean?
Obscuring is a form of OBSCURE.
- adjective
not clearly expressed or understood
“an obscure turn of phrase”
- verb
make less visible or unclear
“The stars are obscured by the clouds”
- verb
make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
“Her remarks confused the debate”
- verb
make obscure or unclear
“The distinction was obscured”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
9
Letters
O (1) + B (3) + S (1) + C (3) + U (1) + R (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 14 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for OBSCURING
OBSCURING has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from OBSCURING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- curbings13
- curbing12
- coursing11
- scouring11
- sourcing11
- bicorns11
- bicrons11
- brucins11
- cubing11
- borings10
- bousing10
- congius10
- cursing10
- rubigos10
- scoring10
- sorbing10
- subring10
- bicorn10
- bicron10
- binocs10
- broncs10
- brucin10
- buncos10
- sorbic10
- boursin9
- bingos9
- boings9
- boring9
- bourgs9
- brings9
- busing9
- coigns9
- corgis9
- coring9
- cosign9
- curing9
- gibson9
- incogs9
- orbing9
- robing9
- rubigo9
- boric9
- bronc9
- bunco9
- cribs9
- curbs9
- scrob9
- scrub9
- rousing8
- souring8
- bourns8
- bruins8
- burins8
- cornus8
- cousin8
- curios8
- incurs8
- orcins8
- robins8
- suborn8
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