Definitions for obolus

obolus ob·o·lus

Spelling: [ob-uh-luh s]
IPA: /ˈɒb ə ləs/

Obolus 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 67 anagrams from letters in obolus (bloosu).

Definitions for obolus

noun

  1. a modern Greek unit of weight equal to 0.1 gram.
  2. obole.

Origin of obolus

1350-1400; Middle English Latin Greek obolós small coin, weight

Examples for obolus

This often supplies the obolus that secures the necessary bit of Cunard passport.

Evidently to humble my pride and beg an obolus of young Berkley.

According to Philemon this was one obolus, about 6 cents in American money.

No spirit is allowed to enter the leaky craft until he has first paid Charon the fee of a small coin called the obolus.

According to Philemon it amounted to one obolus, about four cents of our money.

The obolus she had ready to pay the oarsman dropped on the ground, and Philip picked it up and returned it to her.

The payment was first one obolus— afterward increased to three.

It might have been a Greek obolus, so utter was his blank astonishment.

That will hardly work out to one obolus for each drop of blood!

He said to himself that this was Styx and the fare an obolus.

Word Value for obolus
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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