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ASCENDENTS

10 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What ASCENDENTS Means

ASCENDENTS is a form of ASCENDENT, which means:

  1. noun: position or state of being dominant or in control“that idea was in the ascendant”
  2. noun: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
  3. adjective: tending or directed upward“rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage”
  4. adjective: most powerful or important or influential“the economically ascendant class”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ASCENDENTS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 S1 C3 E1 N1 D2 E1 N1 T1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In ASCENDENTS

443 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

9 letter words (2)

8 letter words (9)

7 letter words (38)

6 letter words (83)

5 letter words (121)

4 letter words (114)

3 letter words (58)

2 letter words (18)

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