Is DESIROUS a word?
DESIROUS is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends, has 8 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, DESIROUS is a valid word.
What does desirous mean?
adjective: having or expressing desire for something.
“desirous of high office”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
DESIROUS: word details
- Pronunciation: dih-ZEYE-ruhs (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 8 letters, a long word. It is one of 40,530 8-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 9 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 10 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside desirous
Words you can make from the letters of desirous.
Solve a whole rack, not just DESIROUS
DESIROUS is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does DESIROUS mean?
DESIROUS is a adjective. It means: having or expressing desire for something.
Is DESIROUS a valid word?
Yes, DESIROUS is a valid word. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.