Unscramble descent

Unscramble DESCENT and you have 110 words, DESCENT itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. DESCENT has 1 anagram here, SCENTED, scoring 10 like DESCENT itself. Of the shorter words, DECENT, CENSED and SCENED lead with 9 points. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of DESCENT at once for 60 in Scrabble (10 + 50) or 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).

NESTDCE unscrambles to DESCENT: these are all the words its letters make. Looking for ntcseed, teencds, tensedc, dentsce, tdscene, dnstcee, tsdnece, detecsn, stenced or nscdeet? They use the same letters as DESCENT, so the words on this page are their answers too.

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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.

Possible Words From descent

By length, the words from DESCENT split into 2 with 7 letters, 10 with 6, 28 with 5, 39 with 4, 22 with 3 and 9 with 2.

7 Letter Words You Can Make with descent

The 7-letter words in DESCENT are 2: DESCENT itself and 1 anagram, SCENTED. Each scores 10 points.

6 Letter Words You Can Make with descent

The 6-letter words made with DESCENT letters are led by CENSED, DECENT and SCENED, 9 points each. NESTED is the familiar one.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with descent

CEDES and SCEND are the top 5-letter words from DESCENT, 8 points each. NEEDS, TEENS and SCENE will look familiar.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with descent

CEDE scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DESCENT at 7 points, ahead of CEES and CENS on 6. NEED, SEND and TEEN are the ones most people know.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with descent

CEE, SEC and TEC are the top 3-letter words from DESCENT, 5 points each. SEE, SET and END will look familiar.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with descent

Among the 2-letter words in DESCENT, DE and ED tie for first at 3 points.

DESCENT With One Letter Changed

Trade one tile of DESCENT for another and you can spell these 6 words:

More 7-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NT · all 7-letter words

Meanings of the Strongest DESCENT Answers

DESCENT first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.

Scrabble · Words With Friends points

DESCENT 10 · 12
the act of descending
SCENTED 10 · 12
to fill with an odor
CENSED 9 · 11
to perfume with incense
DECENT 9 · 11
conforming to recognized standards of propriety
CEDES 8 · 9
to yield
SCEND 8 · 10
to pitch upward on a wave
CEDE 7 · 8
to yield
CENSE 7 · 9
to perfume with incense

Is DESCENT Playable in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

Yes. DESCENT is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
DESCENT itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 110)7611069

* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.

Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SCENED, CTENES, CTENE, DENETS, SEDENT, SENTED, TEENDS, CENS, DEENS, DENET, SNEED, STEDE and 22 more, 34 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TECS, TEC, EDS, ESNE, EST, TES and TE, 7 in all.

Add a Letter to DESCENT

With one more tile, the letters of DESCENT spell the words below.

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