Unscramble DESPONDENCES and you have 299 words, DESPONDENCES itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DESPONDENCE leads with 17 points. The 12 letters split into 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from DESPONDENCES by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 3 with 9, 13 with 8, 30 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words made with DESPONDENCES letters: DESPONDENCE, for 17 points.
Of the 30 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPONDENCES, 12 score 11 points, the group's best. SECONDS, DEPENDS and ESSENCE are the ones most people know.
The 6-letter words made with DESPONDENCES letters are led by COPSED, PONCED and SCOPED, 11 points each. SECOND, NEEDED and OPENED are the familiar ones.
COPED tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPONDENCES at 10 points; next come CEDED and CEPES on 9. SPEED, CODES and ENDED will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from DESPONDENCES, 7 score 8 points, the group's best. CODE, OPEN and ONCE are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words in DESPONDENCES are led by CEP, COP and PEC, 7 points each. ONE, SEE and END are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DESPONDENCES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CONDENSED (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DESPONDENCES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESPONDENCES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 299) | 260 | 299 | 244 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 39 of them: COPSED, ENDOSSED, PEDESES, PEECES, PENCES, PEECE, POSSED, SCENED, CONNES, COSED, PENED, SONCES and 27 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: SECONDEES, SECONDEE, SENESCED, DESEEDS, SENESCE, DESEED, EOCENE, PENNES, DEPS, DEP, ECOS, ECO and 4 more.
This word takes every letter of DESPONDENCES plus a single extra one.