Unscramble DESCRIBES and you have 234 words, DESCRIBES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from DESCRIBES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 12 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 40 with 3 and 12 with 2.
CEBIDS tops the 6-letter words from DESCRIBES at 11 points; next come REBECS and SCRIBE on 10. SERIES, DESIRE and BREEDS will look familiar.
CEBID scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DESCRIBES at 10 points, ahead of BICES and CRIBS on 9. BIRDS, DISCS and BRIDE are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words in DESCRIBES, BICE and CRIB tie for first at 8 points. DISC, BIRD and BIDS are everyday picks.
Of the 40 3-letter words made with DESCRIBES letters, 5 score 6 points, the group's best. SEE, RED and BID are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of DESCRIBES, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What DESCRIBES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DESCRIBES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESCRIBES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 234) | 188 | 233 | 178 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 46 of them: ESCRIBED, ESCRIBES, ESCRIBE, BREDIES, BIRSED, BREDIE, BREIDS, DRICES, BEDES, BREDS, BREID, CESSER and 34 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: BEEDI, BRISES, CREDS, BESES, BRISS, CRED, BES, DESI and EDS. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: DEBRISES.
With one more tile, the letters of DESCRIBES spell the words below.