Unscramble DESCENDER and you have 178 words, DESCENDER itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of DESCENDER is on the page: REDESCEND, each 13 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DESCENDER by length: 2 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 16 with 7, 39 with 6, 43 with 5, 42 with 4, 23 with 3 and 8 with 2.
11 of 39 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DESCENDER tie at 9 points; none scores more. SCREEN, NEEDED and SENDER will look familiar.
CEDED scores highest among the 5-letter words made with DESCENDER letters at 9 points, ahead of CEDER and CEDES on 8. NEEDS, ENDED and SCENE are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DESCENDER, CEDE and CRED tie for first at 7 points. NEED, SEND and SEEN are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of DESCENDER for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ER · all 9-letter words
DESCENDER first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. DESCENDER is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESCENDER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 178) | 133 | 178 | 127 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
45 of the 178 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RECENSED, CREESED, SCERNED, CENDRE, CERNED, RECENSE, SCENED, CERNES, DEEDER, DERNED, SCERNE, SERENED and 33 more. 6 of the 178 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: REDESCEND, CREDS, DESEED, CRED, EDS and ESNE.
These 4 words take every letter of DESCENDER plus a single extra one.