Definitions for obstacle

obstacle ob·sta·cle

Spelling: [ob-stuh-kuh l]
IPA: /ˈɒb stə kəl/

Obstacle is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 518 anagrams from letters in obstacle (abcelost).

Definitions for obstacle

noun

  1. something that obstructs or hinders progress.

Origin of obstacle

1300-50; Middle English Old French Latin obstāculum, equivalent to obstā(re) to face, block, hinder (ob- ob- + stāre to stand) + -culum

Examples for obstacle

He made a brief gesture, like one wiping an obstacle out of the way.

After overcoming every obstacle, he had the satisfaction of reaping the reward of his enterprise.

That was the entering wedge—the mention of an obstacle to overcome.

It has been raised from the rank of a fiction to the dignity of an obstacle.

But she nevertheless downplayed their differences as any obstacle to joining forces.

Just getting to Malibu Colony has become an obstacle course.

If there is no obstacle, they would enjoy the ease that is shown to everyone else.

In fact, she says the sexism she faced was far more of an obstacle than her autism in the workplace.

I had to be dragged away, but I am soon myself again when confronted by an obstacle.

“After you imagine the obstacle, you can figure out what you can do to overcome it and make a plan,” explains Oettingen.

Word Value for obstacle
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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