Unscramble DESPAIRS and you have 277 words, DESPAIRS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
Looking for praiseds? They use the same letters as DESPAIRS, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from DESPAIRS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 17 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Of the 17 7-letter words made with DESPAIRS letters, 12 score 10 points, the group's best. SPREADS, SPIDERS and DESPAIR are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words in DESPAIRS; 27 of them share the top score of 9. PASSED, SPREAD and RAISED are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPAIRS, 27 score 8 points, the group's best. PRESS, RAPID and PRIDE are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from DESPAIRS; 15 of them share the top score of 7. PAID, PASS and AIDS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with DESPAIRS letters, 5 score 6 points, the group's best. ARE, AIR and RED are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DESPAIRS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DE · ending in RS · all 8-letter words
What DESPAIRS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DESPAIRS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESPAIRS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 277) | 230 | 277 | 221 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
47 of the 277 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ADPRESS, SAPIDER, RISPED, SEPADS, SPIDES, SPRAID, SPREDS, DRAPS, PAIRES, PERAIS, PRADS, SEPAD and 35 more. 9 of the 277 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PEDIS, DEPS, PEDI, DEP, SEPS, DAS, EDS, DA and RAI.
Each word below uses all the letters of DESPAIRS and one more.