Unscramble DESPERATENESS and you have 441 words, DESPERATENESS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. It has 13 letters, 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DESPERATENESS split into 1 with 13 letters, 7 with 11, 12 with 10, 38 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 12 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Among 7 11-letter words made with DESPERATENESS letters, the top score is 14, reached by 4.
4 of 12 10-letter words in DESPERATENESS tie at 13 points; none scores more.
Of the 38 9-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPERATENESS, 15 score 12 points, the group's best. PRESENTED and DESPERATE are the ones most people know.
60 8-letter words from DESPERATENESS; 25 of them share the top score of 11. PRESENTS, REPEATED and DESSERTS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPERATENESS, 37 score 10 points, the group's best. PARENTS, PRESSED and SPREADS are the ones most people know.
42 of 60 6-letter words from DESPERATENESS tie at 9 points; none scores more. PARENT, PASSED and SPREAD will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words in DESPERATENESS, the top score is 8, reached by 28. PARTS, SPEED and SPEND are the familiar ones.
14 of 60 4-letter words made with DESPERATENESS letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. PART, PAST and PASS will look familiar.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPERATENESS; 4 of them share the top score of 6. ARE, END and ART are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DESPERATENESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with DE · ending in SS · all 13-letter words
What DESPERATENESS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DESPERATENESS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESPERATENESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 441) | 356 | 441 | 330 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
85 of the 441 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PANDERESSES, APERTNESSES, TAPERNESSES, ADPRESSES, ENSTEEPED, PANDERESS, APERTNESS, ESTREPED, PARENESES, PREASSED, SEAREDNESS, SPEEDRAN and 73 more. 26 of the 441 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PEARTNESSES, EPATERED, PEARTNESS, PANTSED, PRENEED, DARNESTS, DEARESTS, DESTRESS, EPATERS, NEPETAS, PANEERS, PANTSES and 14 more.