Is OBDURATE a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, OBDURATE is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 11 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does OBDURATE mean?
- adjective
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
- adjective
showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
“his flinty gaze”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
11
Scrabble
13
Words With Friends
8
Letters
O (1) + B (3) + D (2) + U (1) + R (1) + A (1) + T (1) + E (1) = 11 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 OBDURATE
OBDURATE 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.
Anagrams of OBDURATE
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from OBDURATE
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- taboured11
- aborted10
- borated10
- boutade10
- doubter10
- obtrude10
- outbred10
- redoubt10
- tabored10
- boated9
- bruted9
- dauber9
- debtor9
- earbud9
- tabued9
- outdare8
- outread8
- readout8
- arbute8
- boater8
- borate8
- rebato8
- rubato8
- tabour8
- abode8
- adbot8
- adobe8
- ardeb8
- barde8
- bared8
- bated8
- beard8
- board8
- bored8
- bread8
- broad8
- daube8
- debar8
- debur8
- debut8
- dobra8
- doubt8
- orbed8
- redub8
- robed8
- tubed8
- autoed7
- detour7
- orated7
- redout7
- routed7
- toured7
- abort7
- about7
- beaut7
- boart7
- brute7
- buret7
- buteo7
- rebut7
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