Is OBDURACIES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, OBDURACIES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does OBDURACIES mean?
Obduracies is a form of OBDURACY.
- noun
resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
15
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
10
Letters
O (1) + B (3) + D (2) + U (1) + R (1) + A (1) + C (3) + I (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 15 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for OBDURACIES
OBDURACIES has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from OBDURACIES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- ascribed13
- barcodes13
- brocades13
- carbides13
- cudbears13
- curbside13
- obscured13
- subacrid13
- aerobics12
- boricuas12
- caribous12
- abduces12
- barcode12
- bodices12
- brocade12
- carbide12
- ceboids12
- cuboids12
- cudbear12
- scribed12
- scubaed12
- subacid12
- subcode12
- caroused11
- daubries11
- edacious11
- idocrase11
- aerobic11
- ascribe11
- bescour11
- boraces11
- boricua11
- caribes11
- caribou11
- corbies11
- obscure11
- rubaces11
- suberic11
- subrace11
- abduce11
- bardic11
- bodice11
- braced11
- cebids11
- ceboid11
- cuboid11
- curbed11
- abiders10
- borides10
- braised10
- bruised10
- burdies10
- cardios10
- coadies10
- codeias10
- coursed10
- cruised10
- crusade10
- crusado10
- darbies10
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