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Unscramble OBSTINATE — 395 words
The letters OBSTINATE rearrange into 1 full anagram and 395 words in total.
- Total words
- 395
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 9 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 5
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 4 vowels (O, I, A, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 5 remaining consonants (B, S, T, N, T).
obstinate in a sentence
“I have known great cures done by obstinate resolution of drinking no wine.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of OBSTINATE
One word uses all 9 letters:
- obstinate
9-letter words
1 word found- obstinate11
8-letter words
5 words found- botanies10
- botanise10
- botanist10
- niobates10
- obeisant10
7-letter words
18 words found- banties9
- basinet9
- bastion9
- batiste9
- battens9
- bistate9
- boniest9
- bonitas9
- botnets9
- niobate9
- obtains9
- atonies7
- instate7
- notates7
- oatiest7
+ 3 more 7-letter words
6-letter words
37 words found- absent8
- basion8
- batons8
- batten8
- beanos8
- bentos8
- betons8
- bettas8
- binate8
- bionts8
- biotas8
- bitten8
- boites8
- bonita8
- bonsai8
+ 22 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
95 words found- abets7
- baits7
- banes7
- basin7
- baste7
- bates7
- baton7
- batts7
- beano7
- beans7
- beast7
- beats7
- bento7
- bents7
- besot7
+ 80 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
130 words found- abet6
- baes6
- bait6
- bane6
- bani6
- bans6
- base6
- bast6
- bate6
- bats6
- batt6
- bean6
- beat6
- bens6
- bent6
+ 115 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
80 words found- abs5
- bae5
- ban5
- bas5
- bat5
- ben5
- bes5
- bet5
- bin5
- bio5
- bis5
- bit5
- boa5
- bos5
- bot5
+ 65 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
29 words found- ab4
- ba4
- be4
- bi4
- bo4
- ae2
- ai2
- an2
- as2
- at2
- en2
- es2
- et2
- in2
- is2
+ 14 more 2-letter words
Words hidden inside OBSTINATE
Without moving a single letter, reading obstinate straight through uncovers 2 shorter words — ate, tin. The longest unbroken run is ate.
- ate3
- tin3
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Shorter words inside OBSTINATE — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to OBSTINATE
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and obstinate opens up 1 10-letter word. 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).
- obstinate11
- botanies10
- botanise10
- botanist10
- niobates10
- obeisant10
- banties9
- basinet9
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
9
Distinct
8
Vowels
44%
O, I, A, E
Consonants
56%
B, S, T, N, T
Solving OBSTINATE: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters obstinate?
Rearranging the 9 letters in obstinate produces 395 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 9-letter answer obstinate here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does obstinate have any anagrams?
Using all 9 letters, obstinate rearranges into exactly one word: obstinate.
What is the longest word you can make from obstinate?
The longest solution is obstinate at 9 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from obstinate?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: obstinate yields abs, ain, ais, ait, ane, ani, ant, ate, ats and att. 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 "obstinate" used in a sentence?
Obstinate is itself a valid word. For example: "I have known great cures done by obstinate resolution of drinking no wine." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from obstinate scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, obstinate is the top scorer from obstinate at 11 points, followed by botanies (10), botanise (10) and botanist (10). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside obstinate?
Read left to right without moving any letters and obstinate already contains 2 shorter words: ate and tin. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is ate. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.