Unscramble DESCENDING to get 245 words. DESCENDING itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DESCENDING split into 1 with 10 letters, 7 with 8, 25 with 7, 42 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 9 letters.
4 of 25 7-letter words made with DESCENDING letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. ENGINES, SENDING and DECIDES will look familiar.
Of the 42 6-letter words from DESCENDING, 4 score 10 points, the group's best. DESIGN, ENGINE and ENDING are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DESCENDING are led by CEDED, CIDED and DICED, 9 points each. NEEDS, ENDED and SCENE are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 4-letter words made with DESCENDING letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. NEED, SEND and SIGN will look familiar.
CID and CIG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DESCENDING. SEE, DID and END are the ones most people know.
These 4 words have the length of DESCENDING, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
The meaning of DESCENDING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DESCENDING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESCENDING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 245) | 188 | 245 | 175 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INCEDED, SDEIGNED, DISEDGE, ENSIGNED, INCEDES, SCENING, CIDED, DESINED, INCEDE, SCENED, SDEIGNE, SDEINED and 45 more, 57 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NEDDIES, GENNED, CIGS, CIG, DENI, DESI, NEGS, NENES, EDS, GIS, NEG, SIG and 1 more, 13 in all.
This word takes every letter of DESCENDING plus a single extra one.