Unscramble DESPONDED to get 175 words. DESPONDED itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. 7 shorter words score 11, among them DEPENDS, DEPOSED and DEPONED. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DESPONDED split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 9 with 7, 16 with 6, 31 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in DESPONDED: SODDENED, for 11 points.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPONDED, PODDED leads with 11 points, then DEPEND and PENDED on 10. OPENED and NODDED are the familiar ones.
DOPED tops the 5-letter words from DESPONDED at 9 points; next come DEEPS and DOPES on 8. NEEDS, SPEED and ENDED will look familiar.
60 4-letter words made with DESPONDED letters; 12 of them share the top score of 7. NEED, DOES and SEND are everyday picks.
Among 41 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPONDED, the top score is 6, reached by 4. ONE, SEE and END are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of DESPONDED for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ED · all 9-letter words
What DESPONDED means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. DESPONDED 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESPONDED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 175) | 150 | 175 | 144 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
25 of the 175 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SNODDED, PENED, DOPS, SNOEP, SPOD, DEENS, DODS, DOP, NEPS, PENE, SNEED, DEEN and 13 more. 6 of the 175 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DEPS, DEP, POS, EDS, ESNE and PO.