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Unscramble OBDURATE — 275 words
The letters OBDURATE rearrange into 2 full anagrams and 275 words in total.
- Total words
- 275
- Full anagrams
- 2
- Longest answer
- 8 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 4
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 4 vowels (O, U, A, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 4 remaining consonants (B, D, R, T).
obdurate in a sentence
“The very custom of evil makes the heart obdurate against whatsoever instructions to the contrary.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of OBDURATE
2 words use all 8 letters — every full rearrangement of the scramble:
- obdurate
- taboured
8-letter words
2 words found- obdurate11
- taboured11
7-letter words
11 words found- aborted10
- borated10
- boutade10
- doubter10
- obtrude10
- outbred10
- outdare8
- outread8
- readout8
- redoubt10
- tabored10
6-letter words
18 words found- boated9
- bruted9
- dauber9
- debtor9
- earbud9
- tabued9
- arbute8
- boater8
- borate8
- rebato8
- rubato8
- tabour8
- autoed7
- detour7
- orated7
+ 3 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
57 words found- abode8
- adbot8
- adobe8
- ardeb8
- barde8
- bared8
- bated8
- beard8
- board8
- bored8
- bread8
- broad8
- daube8
- debar8
- debur8
+ 42 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
90 words found- abed7
- bade7
- bard7
- baud7
- bead7
- bedu7
- bode7
- brad7
- bred7
- burd7
- darb7
- daub7
- debt7
- dobe7
- drab7
+ 75 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
75 words found- bad6
- bed6
- bod6
- bud6
- dab6
- deb6
- dub6
- arb5
- bae5
- bar5
- bat5
- bet5
- boa5
- bot5
- bra5
+ 60 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
22 words found- ab4
- ba4
- be4
- bo4
- ad3
- da3
- de3
- do3
- ed3
- od3
- ae2
- ar2
- at2
- er2
- et2
+ 7 more 2-letter words
Words hidden inside OBDURATE
Without moving a single letter, reading obdurate straight through uncovers 5 shorter words — urate, dura, rate, ate, rat. The longest unbroken run is urate.
- urate5
- dura5
- rate4
- ate3
- rat3
Related jumbles to try
Same letters, different word: unscramble taboured.
Shorter words inside OBDURATE — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to OBDURATE
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and obdurate opens up 5 9-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
- obdurate11
- taboured11
- aborted10
- borated10
- boutade10
- doubter10
- obtrude10
- outbred10
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
8
Distinct
8
Vowels
50%
O, U, A, E
Consonants
50%
B, D, R, T
Solving OBDURATE: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters obdurate?
Rearranging the 8 letters in obdurate produces 275 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 8-letter answer obdurate here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does obdurate have any anagrams?
Using every one of the 8 letters, obdurate can be rearranged into 2 words: obdurate and taboured. These are full anagrams — each uses the same tiles in a different order.
What is the longest word you can make from obdurate?
The longest solutions run to 8 letters: obdurate and taboured. Reaching the full length means every one of those tiles is in play at once.
What are the easiest short words from obdurate?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: obdurate yields ado, arb, are, aro, art, ate, bad, bae, bar and bat. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
How is the word "obdurate" used in a sentence?
Obdurate is itself a valid word. For example: "The very custom of evil makes the heart obdurate against whatsoever instructions to the contrary." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from obdurate scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, obdurate is the top scorer from obdurate at 11 points, followed by taboured (11), aborted (10) and borated (10). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside obdurate?
Read left to right without moving any letters and obdurate already contains 5 shorter words: urate, dura, rate, ate and rat. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is urate. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.