Unscramble DESPAIRFUL to get 350 words. DESPAIRFUL itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 14: 4 of them, FELDSPAR, PRIDEFUL and PRAISEFUL included. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DESPAIRFUL by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 15 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2.
FELDSPAR, PRIDEFUL and SPADEFUL share the top score of 14 among the 8-letter words made with DESPAIRFUL letters. FAILURES and RESIDUAL are the ones most people know.
PURFLED and UPFIELD are the top 7-letter words from DESPAIRFUL, 13 points each. FAILURE, REFUSAL and DESPAIR will look familiar.
FRAPED scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPAIRFUL at 12 points, ahead of FRAPES and PILAFS on 11. FIELDS, FAILED and DIAPER are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from DESPAIRFUL; 8 of them share the top score of 10. FIELD, FILES and FALSE are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words in DESPAIRFUL, the top score is 9, reached by 6. FILE, FIRE and FAIR are the familiar ones.
The best of the 3-letter words made with DESPAIRFUL letters is FAP, 8 points; DEF and DIF on 7 follow. FAR, PAR and PAD are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of DESPAIRFUL for another and you can spell these 4 words:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by FELDSPAR, PRAISEFUL, PRIDEFUL and SPADEFUL (14 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DESPAIRFUL is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESPAIRFUL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 350) | 273 | 347 | 252 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DESPAIRFUL, FRAPED, PARULIDES, DISLEAF, FADEURS, FRAISED, FRAPES, PEDRAILS, PREDIALS, PREIFS, PRIEFS, SAPFUL and 62 more, 74 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PRAISEFUL, FLAREUPS, EPIDURALS, FLAREUP, LIPREADS, DRUPELS, LIPREAD, SIRUPED, DRUPEL, FERALS, PALSIER, DIFS and 9 more, 21 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS, ALF and FI, 3 in all.