Unscramble DESPAIR and you have 237 words, DESPAIR itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. It has 4 anagrams, each with the same 10 points: ASPIRED, DIAPERS, PRAISED and SAPIDER. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of DESPAIR at once for 60 in Scrabble (10 + 50) or 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
ISPARED unscrambles to DESPAIR: these are all the words its letters make. Looking for pairsed, spaired, dispare, prideas, pidears, spaderi, piedras, spaider, readsip or siderap? They use the same letters as DESPAIR, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DESPAIR by length: 5 with 7 letters, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
20 of 33 6-letter words made with DESPAIR letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. SPREAD, RAISED and SPIDER will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPAIR, the top score is 8, reached by 28. RAPID, PRIDE and SPARE are the familiar ones.
16 of 60 4-letter words from DESPAIR tie at 7 points; none scores more. IDEA, PAID and AIDS will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DESPAIR, the top score is 6, reached by 5. ARE, AIR and RED are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DESPAIR but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with DE · ending in IR · all 7-letter words
DESPAIR first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DESPAIR, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESPAIR itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 237) | 192 | 237 | 186 |
* US: NWL2023. UK: Collins CSW24. Words With Friends' list can change.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: SAPIDER, RISPED, SPRAID, DERPS, DRAPS, PAIRES, PERAIS, PRADS, SEPAD, SPARD, SPIDE, SPRAD and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: PEDIS, DEPS, PEDI, DEP, DESI, DAS and EDS. Scrabble US skips 1 of them: DI.
These 12 words take every letter of DESPAIR plus a single extra one.