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Unscramble DESPAIR and you have 237 words, DESPAIR itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. It has 4 anagrams, each with the same 10 points: ASPIRED, DIAPERS, PRAISED and SAPIDER. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of DESPAIR at once for 60 in Scrabble (10 + 50) or 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).

DESARIP unscrambles to DESPAIR: these are all the words its letters make. Looking for pairsed, spaired, dispare, prideas, pidears, spaderi, piedras, spaider, readsip or siderap? They use the same letters as DESPAIR, so the words on this page are their answers too.

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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.

Possible Words From despair

Counting the words from DESPAIR by length: 5 with 7 letters, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.

7 Letter Words You Can Make with despair

The 7-letter words in DESPAIR are 5: DESPAIR itself and 4 anagrams, SAPIDER, PRAISED, DIAPERS and ASPIRED. Each scores 10 points.

6 Letter Words You Can Make with despair

20 of 33 6-letter words made with DESPAIR letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. SPREAD, RAISED and SPIDER will look familiar.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with despair

Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPAIR, the top score is 8, reached by 27. RAPID, PRIDE and ASIDE are the familiar ones.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with despair

15 of 60 4-letter words from DESPAIR tie at 7 points; none scores more. IDEA, PAID and AIDS will look familiar.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with despair

Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPAIR, the top score is 6, reached by 5. ARE, AIR and RED are the familiar ones.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with despair

PA, PE and PI are the top 2-letter words from DESPAIR, 4 points each. IS and AS will look familiar.

DESPAIR With One Letter Changed

Keep every letter of DESPAIR but one, change that one, and you get:

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What the Best DESPAIR Words Mean

DESPAIR first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.

Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends

DESPAIR 10 · 11
to lose all hope
ASPIRED 10 · 11
to have an earnest desire or ambition
DIAPERS 10 · 11
to put on a baby's breechcloth
PRAISED 10 · 11
to express approval or admiration of
DIAPER 9 · 10
to put on a baby's breechcloth
DRAPES 9 · 10
to arrange in graceful folds
PADRES 9 · 10
a Christian clergyman
PAIRED 9 · 10
to arrange in sets of two

Is DESPAIR Playable in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DESPAIR, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
DESPAIR itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 237)194237185

* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.

Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 43 of them: SAPIDER, RISPED, SPRAID, DRAPS, PAIRES, PERAIS, PRADS, SEPAD, SPARD, SPIDE, SPRAD, SPRED and 31 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: PEDIS, DEPS, PEDI, DEP, DESI, DAS, EDS, DA and RAI.

Add a Letter to DESPAIR

These 12 words take every letter of DESPAIR plus a single extra one.

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