Obelus is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 110 anagrams from letters in obelus (belosu).
1350-1400; Middle English Late Latin Greek obelós spit, pointed pillar
In his peculiar notation, Asides are marked by inverted commas, and obvious stage business is indicated by an obelus.
But such was not the usage of Budaeus; he employed the obelus merely to call attention to something that interested him.