Unscramble DESPONDING to get 313 words. DESPONDING itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. DISPONGED is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DESPONDING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 10 with 8, 35 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
The best of the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPONDING is PODDING, 12 points; DESPOND and DISPEND on 11 follow. OPENING, SENDING and PENSION are everyday picks.
Of the 60 6-letter words from DESPONDING, 7 score 10 points, the group's best. DESIGN, ENDING and SIGNED are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words from DESPONDING are led by DOPED and PODGE, 9 points each. DOING, SPEND and DODGE are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words in DESPONDING; 18 of them share the top score of 7. OPEN, DIED and DOGS are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words made with DESPONDING letters, the top score is 6, reached by 8. DID, END and GOD are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DESPONDING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
The meaning of DESPONDING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DESPONDING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESPONDING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 313) | 250 | 313 | 230 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DISPONGED, DISPONED, DISPONGE, PIDGEONS, NODDINGS, PIDGEON, PODDIES, SNODDING, DINGOED, DISPONE, GODDENS, PINNOED and 51 more, 63 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DOPINGS, PINGOES, DONGED, DINGOS, PEDIS, SODDIE, DEPS, INSPO, PEDI, DEP, DINOS, DENI and 8 more, 20 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of DESPONDING spell the words below.