Assiduous is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
You can make 142 anagrams from letters in assiduous (adiosssuu).
1530-40; Latin assiduus, equivalent to assid(ēre) to sit near, beside, dwell close to (see assess) + -uus deverbal adj. suffix; see Examples for assiduous
William Pyncheon had also a slave who was "assiduous in hangeing." There has been assiduous woo-ing of the political establishment too. Bellon was an assiduous hackney writer and translator of the day. But despite her allure, her assiduous assault on New York produced no results. She was as pleasant as her husband, and I paid her an assiduous court. His assiduous reporting and his smart, passionate commentary have impressed colleagues and readers alike. I think Samoval is becoming too attentive and too assiduous. Given these things, the rest is merely a question of long and assiduous practice. Madame Raquin was singularly touched at the assiduous care they took of her. As an intern at The Nation in 1989, he was an amiable and assiduous fact-checker of my copy.
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