tenacious
ADJECTIVE
/tə'neɪʃəs/
9 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH T
tenacious is a valid 9-letter word worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
T1E1N1A1C3I1O1U1S1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =11 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 22TRIPLE WORD → 33
MEANING
What does tenacious mean?
ADJECTIVE · 3 SENSES
1
Sticking together.
“tenacious burrs”
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2
Good at remembering.
“tenacious memory”
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3
Stubbornly unyielding.
“a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it”
“men tenacious of opinion”
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