367 words come out when you unscramble DESPISEMENT, starting with DESPISEMENT itself: 16 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. PEDIMENTS is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DESPISEMENT by length: 1 with 11 letters, 9 with 9, 36 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Among the 8-letter words in DESPISEMENT, MISSPEND, PEDIMENT and SEMIPEDS tie for first at 13 points. SEDIMENT, DISPENSE and SIDESTEP are everyday picks.
Among 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPISEMENT, the top score is 12, reached by 4. DESPITE, ENEMIES and DISSENT are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 6-letter words from DESPISEMENT tie at 11 points; none scores more. SEEMED, MISSED and SPEEDS will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words from DESPISEMENT, DEMPT, DIMPS and IMPED tie for first at 10 points. ITEMS, SPEED and SPEND are everyday picks.
DIMP tops the 4-letter words in DESPISEMENT at 9 points; next come EMPT and IMPS on 8. ITEM, MEET and MIND will look familiar.
The best of the 3-letter words made with DESPISEMENT letters is IMP, 7 points; DEP and DIM on 6 follow. SEE, ITS and END are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DESPISEMENT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NT · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PEDIMENTS (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DESPISEMENT 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESPISEMENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 367) | 286 | 367 | 266 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 81 of them: SEMIPEDS, SEPIMENTS, SEMIPED, SEPIMENT, DESMINES, EMPTED, INSEEMED, PENTISED, PIEDNESS, PIMENTS, TIDESMEN, DEEPIES and 69 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: SPENDIEST, DEMENTIS, SIDESMEN, DEMENTI, DEMISTS, DEMIST, MENTEES, EENSIEST, MENTEE, MIPS, PEDIS, DEPS and 8 more.
This word takes every letter of DESPISEMENT plus a single extra one.