Is DESPERATE a word?
DESPERATE is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words With Friends, has 9 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, DESPERATE is a valid word.
What does desperate mean?
noun: a person who is frightened and in need of help.
“they prey on the hopes of the desperate”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
DESPERATE: word details
- Pronunciation: DEHSP-riht (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 9 letters, a long word. It is one of 41,139 9-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 13 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.
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Words you can make from the letters of desperate.
Solve a whole rack, not just DESPERATE
DESPERATE 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 DESPERATE mean?
DESPERATE is a noun. It means: a person who is frightened and in need of help.
Is DESPERATE a valid word?
Yes, DESPERATE is a valid word. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 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.