stubborn
Stubborn is also used as adjective, with meanings including tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield.
Length
8
Scrabble
12
WWF
16
Starts
ST
Ends
ORN
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “STUBBORN” Mean?
/ˈstʌbɚn/
stubborn has 2 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
2 sensestenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
Synonyms
not responding to treatment
“a stubborn infection”
“a refractory case of acne”
“stubborn rust stains”
Synonyms
Synonyms for STUBBORN
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
8
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
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Definition
tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
Length
8 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
N
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
Letters
S, T, U, B, B, O, R, N
Use Case
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆STUBBORN has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆STUBBORN is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆STUBBORN can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆STUBBORN contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
B
Letter Pattern
ABCDDEFG
CV Pattern
CCVCCVCC
Vowel Share
25%
Consonant Share
75%
Bigrams
ST, TU, UB, BB, BO, OR, RN
Trigrams
STU, TUB, UBB, BBO, BOR, ORN
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