DESCANTING

10 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What DESCANTING Means

DESCANTING is a form of DESCANT, which means:

verb: sing in descant
verb: sing by changing register; sing by yodeling“The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains”
noun: a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody

Similar words

YODEL WARBLE DISCANT

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DESCANTING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 S1 C3 A1 N1 T1 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In DESCANTING

795 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 (3)

ASCENDING DECANTING INSTANCED

8 letter words (23)

ANCIENTS ANTIGENS CADGIEST CANNIEST CANTINGS DANCIEST DANCINGS DISTANCE ENACTING ENCASING GENTIANS INCANTED INSECTAN INSTANCE SCANDENT SCANTING SCENDING SCENTING SEDATING STANDING STEADING STEANING STENDING

7 letter words (86)

6 letter words (128)

5 letter words (183)

ACIDS ACING ACNED ACNES ACTED ACTIN ADITS AEGIS AGENT AGIST AIDES ANENT ANGST ANISE ANTED ANTES ANTIC ANTIS ASDIC ASIDE CADES CADET CADGE CADIE CADIS CAGED CAGES CAIDS CAINS CANED CANES CANGS CANID CANNS CANST CANTS CASED CASTE CATES CEDIS CENTS CESTA CESTI CIDES CINES CITED CITES CNIDA DACES DAINE DAINT DANCE DANGS DANTS DATES DEANS DEGAS DEIGN DEIST DENIS DENTS DIACT DIANE DICES DICTA DICTS DIETS DINES DINGE DINGS DINNA DINTS DITAS DITES ECADS EDICT EDITS EGADS ENACT ENIAC ENTIA ETNAS GADES GADIS GAIDS GAINS GAITS GANTS GATED GATES GEANS GEATS GEIST GEITS GENAS GENIC GENTS GETAS GIANT GITES GNATS IDANT IDEAS IDENT INANE INGAN INNED INSET ISNAE NANCE NATES NATIS NEATS NEIST NGATI NICAD NIDES NINES NITES SAICE SAINE SAINT SANED SATED SATIN SCAND SCANT SCEAT SCENA SCEND SCENT SDEIN SEDAN SEGNI SENGI SENNA SENTI SIENT SIGNA SINCE SINED SINGE SITED SNEAD SNIDE STADE STAGE STAID STAIG STAIN STAND STANE STANG STEAD STEAN STEIN STEND STIED STING TACES TAIGS TAINS TANGI TANGS TEADS TEIND TEINS TENDS TENIA TIANS TICED TICES TIDES TIGES TINAS TINDS TINEA TINED TINES TINGE TINGS TSADE TSADI

4 letter words (231)

ACED ACES ACID ACNE ACTS ADIT AESC AGED AGEN AGES AGIN AIDE AIDS AINE AINS AITS ANCE ANDS ANES ANIS ANNS ANTE ANTI ANTS ASCI ATES CADE CADI CADS CAGE CAGS CAID CAIN CANE CANG CANN CANS CANT CASE CAST CATE CATS CEAS CEDI CENS CENT CIDE CIDS CIGS CINE CIST CITE CITS DACE DAES DAGS DAIS DANG DANS DANT DATE DEAN DEGS DENI DENS DENT DESI DICE DICT DIES DIET DIGS DINE DING DINS DINT DISA DISC DITA DITE DITS EANS EAST EATS ECAD EDIT EGAD EGIS EINA ENDS ENGS ETAS ETIC ETNA GADE GADI GADS GAED GAEN GAES GAID GAIN GAIT GANE GANS GANT GAST GATE GATS GEAN GEAT GEDS GEIT GENA GENS GENT GEST GETA GETS GIDS GIED GIEN GIES GINN GINS GIST GITE GITS GNAT ICED ICES IDEA IDES IGAD INGS INNS ISNA ITAS NADS NAGS NAIN NANE NANG NANS NATS NEAT NEDS NEGS NEST NETS NGAI NICE NIDE NIDS NIED NIES NINE NITE NITS SADE SADI SAGE SAIC SAID SAIN SAND SANE SANG SANT SATE SATI SCAD SCAG SCAN SEAN SEAT SECT SENA SEND SENT SETA SICE SIDA SIDE SIEN SIGN SIND SINE SING SITE SNAG SNED SNIG SNIT STAG STED STEN STIE TACE TADS TAED TAES TAGS TAIG TAIN TAIS TANE TANG TANS TEAD TEAS TECS TEDS TEGS TEIN TEND TENS TIAN TICE TICS TIDE TIDS TIED TIES TIGE TIGS TINA TIND TINE TING TINS

3 letter words (114)

ACE ACT ADS AGE AGS AID AIN AIS AIT AND ANE ANI ANN ANS ANT ATE ATS CAD CAG CAN CAT CID CIG CIS CIT DAE DAG DAN DAS DEG DEI DEN DIE DIG DIN DIS DIT EAN EAS EAT EDS END ENG ENS EST ETA GAD GAE GAN GAS GAT GED GEN GET GID GIE GIN GIS GIT ICE IDE IDS ING INN INS ITA ITS NAE NAG NAN NAS NAT NED NEG NET NID NIE NIS NIT SAC SAD SAE SAG SAI SAN SAT SEA SEC SED SEG SEI SEN SET SIC SIN SIT TAD TAE TAG TAI TAN TAS TEA TEC TED TEG TEN TES TIC TID TIE TIG TIN TIS

2 letter words (27)

AD AE AG AI AN AS AT DA DE DI EA ED EN ES ET GI ID IN IS IT NA NE SI ST TA TE TI

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