Unscramble OBDURATES and you have 337 words, OBDURATES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from OBDURATES split into 1 with 9 letters, 14 with 8, 50 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2.
Of the 50 7-letter words in OBDURATES, 21 score 10 points, the group's best. ROASTED, DEBTORS and ABORTED are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OBDURATES, the top score is 9, reached by 45. BOARDS, ABUSED and DOUBTS are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words from OBDURATES; 50 of them share the top score of 8. ABOUT, BASED and BOARD are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from OBDURATES, the top score is 7, reached by 30. BEST, BASE and DEBT are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 3-letter words in OBDURATES tie at 6 points; none scores more. BUT, RED and DUE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OBDURATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OB · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BOUTADES, BROADEST, BROASTED, DOUBTERS, OBDURATE, OBTRUDES, REDOUBTS and SUBTRADE (11 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: OBDURATES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OBDURATES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 337) | 268 | 337 | 242 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
69 of the 337 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OBDURATES, SURBATED, OBDURES, SUBEDAR, TABERDS, ABORDS, AEROBUS, BARDOS, BEDUST, BESTAD, BETROD, BORDES and 57 more. 26 of the 337 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BOUTADES, BROASTED, SUBTRADE, BOUTADE, EARBUDS, SABOTED, STROBED, ABORTUS, ADBOTS, ADORBS, DEBURS, EARBUD and 14 more.
These 3 words take every letter of OBDURATES plus a single extra one.