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Is stubborn a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word stubborn is a Scrabble US word. The word stubborn is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is stubborn a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word stubborn is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Is stubborn a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word stubborn is a Words With Friends word. The word stubborn is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

STUBBORN,

7-letter words (2 found)

BURBOTS,BURTONS,

6-letter words (8 found)

BOURNS,BRUNTS,BURBOT,BURTON,NOBBUT,ROBUST,SUBORN,TURBOS,

5-letter words (33 found)

BONUS,BORTS,BOSUN,BOUNS,BOURN,BOUTS,BRUNT,BRUST,BRUTS,BUNTS,BURBS,BURNS,BURNT,BURST,NUTSO,RONTS,ROUST,ROUTS,RUNTS,SNORT,SNOUT,STOUN,STOUR,SUTOR,TONUS,TORUS,TOUNS,TOURS,TRONS,TSUBO,TURBO,TURNS,URSON,

4-letter words (67 found)

BOBS,BORN,BORS,BORT,BOTS,BOUN,BOUT,BROS,BRUS,BRUT,BUBO,BUBS,BUNS,BUNT,BURB,BURN,BURS,BUST,BUTS,NOBS,NOUS,NOUT,NUBS,NURS,NUTS,ONST,ONUS,ORBS,ORTS,OURN,OURS,OUST,OUTS,ROBS,RONT,ROST,ROTS,ROUT,RUBS,RUNS,RUNT,RUST,RUTS,SNOB,SNOT,SNUB,SORB,SORN,SORT,SOUR,SOUT,STOB,STUB,STUN,TONS,TORN,TORS,TOUN,TOUR,TRON,TROU,TUBS,TUNS,TURN,UNTO,URBS,URNS,

3-letter words (48 found)

BOB,BON,BOR,BOS,BOT,BRO,BRU,BUB,BUN,BUR,BUS,BUT,NOB,NOR,NOS,NOT,NUB,NUR,NUS,NUT,OBS,ONS,ORB,ORS,ORT,OUR,OUS,OUT,ROB,ROT,RUB,RUN,RUT,SOB,SON,SOT,SOU,SUB,SUN,SUR,TON,TOR,TUB,TUN,UNS,URB,URN,UTS,

2-letter words (15 found)

BO,NO,NU,OB,ON,OR,OS,OU,SO,ST,TO,UN,UR,US,UT,

You can make 174 words from stubborn according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of stubborn

stubborn

Etymology

From Middle English stiborne, stibourne, stoburn, stoburne, styburne, stiborn. Origin uncertain.

One theory is that the origin may come from *stybor, *stibor, from Old English stybb (“a stump, stub”) + adj. formative -or as in Old English bitor, English bitter.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstʌbɚn/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstʌbən/
  • (northern England) IPA(key): /ˈstʊbən/
  • Rhymes: -ʌbə(ɹ)n
  • Hyphenation: stub‧born

Adjective

stubborn (comparative stubborner, superlative stubbornest)

  1. Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.
  2. Of materials: physically stiff and inflexible; not easily melted or worked.

Synonyms

  • willful, headstrong, wayward, obstinate, obdurate, contrary, disobedient, insubordinate, undisciplined, adamant, unyielding, rebellious
  • See also Thesaurus:obstinate, perseverant, persistent, enduring

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

stubborn (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Stubbornness.
  2. Short for stubborn disease (“a disease of citrus trees”).

Further reading

  • “stubborn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “stubborn”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “stubborn”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Source: wiktionary.org