Persistent
/pəˈsɪstənt/
adjective
- Obstinately refusing to give up or let go.
"She has had a persistent cough for weeks."
- Insistently repetitive.
"There was a persistent knocking on the door."
- Indefinitely continuous.
"There have been persistent rumours for years."
- Lasting past maturity without falling off.
"Pine cones have persistent scales."
- Of data or a data structure: not transient or temporary, but remaining in existence after the termination of the program that creates it.
"Once written to a disk file, the data becomes persistent: it will still be there tomorrow when we run the next program."
3 words can be made by rearranging all the letters of "persistent":
Total: 12 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Persistent"
Persistent is a 10-letter word that scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "persistent" can be rearranged to form 3 other valid words.
Using "Persistent" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "persistent" is a medium-scoring word.