389 words come out when you unscramble DESPONDENCIES, starting with DESPONDENCIES itself: 19 in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DESPONDENCES leads with 18 points. The 13 letters split into 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from DESPONDENCIES by length: 1 with 13 letters, 1 with 12, 1 with 11, 5 with 10, 16 with 9, 41 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
DESPONDENCES is the only one of the 12-letter words made with DESPONDENCIES letters; it scores 18 points.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words in DESPONDENCIES: DESPONDENCE, for 17 points.
The best of the 10-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPONDENCIES is PENDENCIES, 15 points; DISPONDEES and NOSEPIECES on 14 follow.
DISPENCED tops the 9-letter words from DESPONDENCIES at 15 points; next come DISPENCES on 14 and CONDENSED on 13. DISPENSED will look familiar.
The 8-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPONDENCIES are led by DISPENCE, EPICEDES and PIECENED, 13 points each. EPISODES, PENSIONS and SECONDED are the familiar ones.
Among the 7-letter words from DESPONDENCIES, EPICEDE and PSOCIDS tie for first at 12 points. SPECIES, SECONDS and EPISODE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 6-letter words in DESPONDENCIES, 8 score 11 points, the group's best. COPIES, PIECES and OPENED are the ones most people know.
COPED tops the 5-letter words made with DESPONDENCIES letters at 10 points; next come CEDED and CEPES on 9. SPEED, PIECE and CODES will look familiar.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPONDENCIES; 11 of them share the top score of 8. CODE, PICS and DEEP are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words from DESPONDENCIES, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. DID, END and DIE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DESPONDENCIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 13-letter words
What DESPONDENCIES means, then the 3 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DESPONDENCIES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESPONDENCIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 389) | 309 | 389 | 290 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 80 of them: DISPENCED, DISPENCES, DISPONDEES, DISPENCE, DISPONDEE, EPICEDES, PIECENED, DECESSION, DISPONED, DISPONEES, EPICEDE, OPENSIDES and 68 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: DESINENCES, DESINENCE, SECONDEES, SECONDEE, SENESCED, DISCOES, DESEEDS, COPI, PEDIS, DEPS, PEDI, DEP and 7 more.