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
- Scrabble
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 8
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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