Is DESPISES a word?
DESPISES is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 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, DESPISES is a valid word.
What does despises mean?
DESPISES is an inflected form of despise.
verb: look down on with disdain.
“He despises the people he has to work for”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
DESPISES: word details
- Pronunciation: dihs-PEYE-zihz (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 8 letters, a long word. It is one of 40,530 8-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 12 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 despises
Words you can make from the letters of despises.
Solve a whole rack, not just DESPISES
DESPISES 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 DESPISES mean?
DESPISES is an inflected form of despise and is a verb. It means: look down on with disdain.
Is DESPISES a valid word?
Yes, DESPISES is a valid word. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 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.