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”

SYNONYMS
SIMILAR
2

Good at remembering.

“tenacious memory”

3

Stubbornly unyielding.

“a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it”

“men tenacious of opinion”