Unscramble DESPERATE and you have 304 words, DESPERATE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of DESPERATE is on the page: DEPARTEES, each 12 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DESPERATE by length: 2 with 9 letters, 11 with 8, 32 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Of the 32 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPERATE, 17 score 10 points, the group's best. REPEATS, DEEPEST and TAPERED are the ones most people know.
24 of 60 6-letter words from DESPERATE tie at 9 points; none scores more. SPREAD, DESERT and REPEAT will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPERATE, 21 score 8 points, the group's best. PARTS, SPEED and PETER are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from DESPERATE; 11 of them share the top score of 7. DATE, PART and PAST are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words in DESPERATE, the top score is 6, reached by 4. ARE, SEE and SET are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of DESPERATE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DEPARTEES (12 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DESPERATE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESPERATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 304) | 248 | 304 | 233 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
56 of the 304 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ESTREPED, DRAPETS, PREASED, PRESTED, TRAPSED, DRAPET, ESTREPE, PEASED, SPREED, TRAPED, APTED, DRAPS and 44 more. 15 of the 304 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EPATERED, EPATERS, EPATER, TASERED, DEPS, PERES, DEP, PERE, PST, DAS, EDS, ATS and 3 more.
With one more tile, the letters of DESPERATE spell the words below.