Definition of obstacles

"obstacles" in the noun sense

1. obstacle, obstruction

something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

"lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement"

"the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education"

"the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan"

2. obstacle

an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented)

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Quotations for obstacles

Water its living strength first shows.
When obstacles its course oppose. [ Goethe ]

Obstacles usually stimulate passion, but sometimes they kill it. [ George Sand ]

Heaven and earth, advantages and obstacles, conspire to educate genius. [ Fuseli ]

Adversity tries men, and virtue strives for glory through adverse circumstances, undeterred by hard obstacles. [ Silius Italicus ]

All the great captains have performed vast achievements by conforming with the rules of art - by adjusting efforts to obstacles. [ Napoleon I ]

The soul that is the abode of chastity acquires an energy which enables her to surmount with ease the obstacles that lie along the path of duty. [ Joubert ]

Between two beings susceptible to love, the duration of love depends upon the first resistance of the woman, or the obstacles that society puts in their way. [ Balzac ]

It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles. [ Washington Irving ]

Nothing on earth is without difficulty. Only the inner impulse, the pleasure it gives and love enable us to surmount obstacles; to make smooth our way, and lift ourselves out of the narrow grooves in which other people sorrowfully distress themselves. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

Talent is something, but tact is everything. It is not a seventh sense, but is the life of all the five. It is the open eye, the quick ear, the judging taste, the keen smell, and the lively touch; it is the interpreter of all riddles, the surmounter of all difficulties, the remover of all obstacles. [ W. P. Scargill ]

obstacles in Scrabble®

The word obstacles is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters obstacles:

OBSTACLES
(144)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (10 words)

alecost, castles, closest, closets, cobalts, cobless, lactose, locates, solaces, stables

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word obstacles

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In obstacles

OBSTACLES
(144)
OBSTACLES
(126)
OBSTACLES
(96)
COBLESS
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obstacles in Words With Friends™

The word obstacles is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters obstacles:

OBSTACLES
(234)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (10 words)

alecost, castles, closest, closets, cobalts, cobless, lactose, locates, solaces, stables

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word obstacles

OBSTACLES
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In obstacles

OBSTACLES
(234)
OBSTACLES
(144)
COBALTS
(125 = 90 + 35)
COBLESS
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(108)
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