obby
/ˈɑb.i/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "This obby is going to be a dungeon-style theme. Players will have to run down long corridors, avoid traps, make death-defying leaps, and run along cobblestone mazes. […] TRUST ME, YOU SHOULD MAKE OBBYS MUCH LONGER THAN WHAT I HAVE DONE HERE."
- "Obstacle games can have potential for massive visits if it is a great obby."
- "Obstacle courses are very popular on Roblox. These games are usually called “obby” by Roblox players. In an average obby, you might need to jump across tiny platforms. Or slide down a twisting slope. Or both at once! An obby usually starts out easy and gets tougher as it goes."
- "The saga continues for Liz as she faces one obby after another."
- "Roblox is an online community where people do things together in virtual worlds, and over the years, we began referring to these worlds as experiences, as they better represent the wide range of 3D immersive places – from obbys to virtual concerts – that people can enjoy together with their friends."
- "Many of them are just making simple obbys for fun – there are over 40 million games, which means a lot of people have only made one or two games!"
Etymology
Clipping of obstacle course + -y.
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: y
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɑb.i/
- British English: /ˈɒb.iː/