DESERTING

9 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What DESERTING Means

DESERTING is a form of DESERT, which means:

verb: leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch“The mother deserted her children”
verb: desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army“If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot”
noun: arid land with little or no vegetation
noun: (usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DESERTING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 S1 E1 R1 T1 I1 N1 G2.

Anagrams of DESERTING (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

STREIGNED

Words Made From The Letters In DESERTING

650 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.

8 letter words (22)

DESIGNER DIGESTER ENERGIDS ESTRIDGE GENTRIES INGESTED INSERTED INTEGERS NERDIEST REDESIGN REDIGEST REEDINGS REESTING RESIDENT RESIGNED SIGNETED SINTERED STEEDING STEERING STREIGNE STRINGED TRENDIES

7 letter words (45)

6 letter words (139)

5 letter words (184)

DEENS DEERS DEETS DEIGN DEIST DENES DENET DENIS DENSE DENTS DERES DERIG DERNS DETER DIENE DIETS DINER DINES DINGE DINGS DINTS DIRGE DIRTS DITES DREES DREGS DRENT DREST DRIES EDGER EDGES EDITS EGERS EGEST EGRET EIDER EIGNE ENDER ENTER ERING ERNED ERNES ESTER ETENS GEEST GEIST GEITS GENES GENET GENIE GENRE GENTS GERES GERNE GESTE GIRDS GIRNS GIRTS GITES GREED GREEN GREES GREET GREIN GRENS GRESE GRIDE GRIDS GRIND GRINS GRISE GRIST GRITS IDEES IDENT INERT INSET INTER NEEDS NEIST NERDS NERTS NETES NIDES NIGER NITER NITES NITRE REDES REEDS REENS REEST REGES REGIE REIGN REINS REIST RENDS RENIG RENTE RENTS RESET RESID RESIN RESIT RETIE RIDES RIDGE RINDS RINES RINGS RINSE RISEN RITES SDEIN SEDER SEDGE SEGNI SEINE SENGI SENTE SENTI SERED SERGE SERIN SIDER SIEGE SIENT SINED SINGE SIRED SIREE SIREN SITED SNEED SNEER SNIDE SNIRT STEDE STEED STEEN STEER STEIN STEND STERE STERN STIED STING STIRE STRIG TEEND TEENS TEERS TEIND TEINS TENDS TENES TENGE TENSE TERES TERNE TERNS TERSE TIDES TIERS TIGER TIGES TINDS TINED TINES TINGE TINGS TIRED TIRES TREED TREEN TREES TREND TRIDE TRIED TRIES TRIGS TRINE TRINS

4 letter words (165)

3 letter words (76)

DEE DEG DEI DEN DIE DIG DIN DIS DIT EDS EEN END ENE ENG ENS ERE ERG ERN ERS EST GED GEE GEN GER GET GID GIE GIN GIS GIT IDE IDS ING INS IRE ITS NED NEE NEG NET NID NIE NIS NIT RED REE REG REI REN RES RET RID RIG RIN RIT SED SEE SEG SEI SEN SER SET SIN SIR SIT SRI TED TEE TEG TEN TES TID TIE TIG TIN TIS

2 letter words (19)

DE DI ED EE EN ER ES ET GI ID IN IS IT NE RE SI ST TE TI

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