Is OBDURATELY a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, OBDURATELY is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does OBDURATELY mean?
- adverb
in a stubborn unregenerate manner
“she remained stubbornly in the same position”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
10
Letters
O (1) + B (3) + D (2) + U (1) + R (1) + A (1) + T (1) + E (1) + L (1) + Y (4) = 16 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 OBDURATELY
OBDURATELY 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 OBDURATELY
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- bouldery14
- broadly13
- daubery13
- dryable13
- durably13
- adultery12
- brutely12
- butlery12
- butyral12
- belady12
- boyard12
- brayed12
- bready12
- buoyed12
- byrled12
- byroad12
- daubry12
- doubly12
- drably12
- dyable12
- rebody12
- redbay12
- laboured11
- obdurate11
- taboured11
- troubled11
- lyrated11
- barely11
- barley11
- baryte11
- beauty11
- betray11
- bleary11
- burley11
- outbye11
- trebly11
- abyed11
- badly11
- baldy11
- bayed11
- beady11
- dauby11
- derby11
- abluted10
- aborted10
- bloated10
- blurted10
- borated10
- boulder10
- boulted10
- boutade10
- doubler10
- doublet10
- doubter10
- durable10
- labored10
- lobated10
- obtrude10
- outbred10
- redoubt10
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