Meaning
- (noun) Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress “A big obstacle to understanding the manual was that it had been poorly translated from the Japanese.”
Letter breakdown
- Obstacles contains 9 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 13.
Synonyms
Words from these letters
- obstacle
- castles
- closest
- closets
- lactose
- locates
- solaces
- stables
- ablest
- ascots
- basest
- bastes
- beasts
- besots
- blasts
- bleats
- bloats
- boasts
- cables
- castes
- castle
- cleats
- closes
- closet
- coasts
- cobalt
- locate
- oblate
- sables
- scales
- slates
- solace
- stable
- stales
- steals
- stoles
- tables
- tassel
- abets
- aloes
- altos
- ascot
- asset
- assoc
- bales
- bases
- basso
- baste
- bates
- beast
- beats
- belts
- besot
- bests
- betas
- blast
- blats
- bleat
- bless
Connected words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with OBS
- obscene
- obscenely
- obscener
- obscenest
- obscenities
- obscenity
- obscure
- obscured
- obscurely
- obscurer
- obscures
- obscurest
- obscuring
- obscurities
- obscurity
- obsequies
- obsequious
- obsequiously
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Words ending with LES
Reader questions
What does Obstacles mean?
Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
How many letters are in Obstacles?
Obstacles has 9 letters.
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