obstinate
Obstinate commonly means to persist stubbornly. Obstinate is also used as adjective, with meanings including tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield.
Length
9
Scrabble
11
WWF
13
Starts
OB
Ends
ATE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “OBSTINATE” Mean?
/ˈɒb.stɪ.nət/
obstinate has 4 documented senses across adjective, verb.
Adjective
3 sensestenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
Synonyms
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
Synonyms
Verb
1 sensepersist stubbornly
“he obstinates himself against all rational arguments”
Synonyms for OBSTINATE
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
Length
9 letters
Starts With
O
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
O, B, S, T, I, N, A, T, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆OBSTINATE has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆OBSTINATE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆OBSTINATE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆OBSTINATE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
B
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGDH
CV Pattern
VCCCVCVCV
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
OB, BS, ST, TI, IN, NA, AT, TE
Trigrams
OBS, BST, STI, TIN, INA, NAT, ATE
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