OBDURATE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OBDURATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OBDURATE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OBDURATE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OBDURATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OBDURATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OBDURATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OBDURATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about OBDURATE
- All 8 letters of OBDURATE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OBDURATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Stubbornly refusing to change one's mind or yield to persuasion.
Obdurate suggests a hard, unfeeling resistance, stronger than mere stubbornness. A person who is obdurate ignores pleas and arguments alike. The word comes from the idea of being hardened.
How OBDURATE is used
Used in formal or literary writing about people who will not give way.
- The obdurate manager refused every request.
- Despite their tears, he remained obdurate.
- An obdurate silence followed the question.
- The council was obdurate in its decision.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OBDURATE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OBDURATE
The 8 tiles of OBDURATE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with OBDURATE
5 longer words begin with OBDURATE.
Shorter words from the letters in OBDURATE
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Common questions about OBDURATE
- Is OBDURATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OBDURATE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OBDURATE worth?
- OBDURATE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OBDURATE mean?
- Stubbornly refusing to change one's mind or yield to persuasion.
- What letters can be added to OBDURATE?
- OBDURATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OBDURATE:
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