DESERTION

9 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What DESERTION Means

noun: withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility“his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless”
noun: the act of giving something up

Similar words

DEFECTION FORSAKING

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DESERTION is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 S1 E1 R1 T1 I1 O1 N1.

Anagrams of DESERTION (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In DESERTION

736 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 (13)

DRONIEST ERODENTS INDORSEE INSERTED NERDIEST ONERIEST ORDINEES ORIENTED RESIDENT SEROTINE SIDENOTE SINTERED TRENDIES

7 letter words (55)

6 letter words (147)

DENETS DENIER DENIES DENOTE DENSER DESERT DESINE DESIRE DETERS DIENES DIETER DINERO DINERS DIREST DITONE DONEES DONSIE DOREES DORIES DORISE DOTERS DOTIER DRIEST DROITS DRONES EDITOR EIDENT EIDERS ENDERS ENDITE ENTERS ENTIRE EOSINE ERODES ESTRIN IDENTS INERTS INSERT INTERS INTOED INTROS IRONED IRONES NEREID NEREIS NERITE NESTED NESTER NESTOR NIDORS NITERS NITRES NITROS NOISED NORITE NOSIER NOTERS OINTED ONSIDE OREIDE ORIENT REDOES REDONE REDONS REEDIT REINED RENEST RENIED RENIES RENTED RENTES RESEND RESENT RESIDE RESITE RESTED RETIED RETIES RETINE RIDENT RINSED RIOTED RODENT ROESTI ROINED RONDES RONTES ROSIED ROSTED SEDENT SEINED SEINER SEITEN SENDER SENIOR SENTED SEREIN SERINE SINTER SNIDER SNORED SOIREE SONDER SONERI SORNED SORTED SORTIE STEREO STIRED STONED STONER STORED STRENE STRIDE STRODE STROND TEDIER TEENDS TEINDS TENDER TENDRE TENORS TENSED TENSER TENSOR TEREDO TERNED TERNES TIERED TINDER TIROES TODIES TOEIER TONERS TONIER TONIES TORIES TREENS TRENDS TRIENE TRIENS TRINED TRINES TRIODE TRIOSE TRODES TRONES

5 letter words (212)

DEENS DEERS DEETS DEIST DENES DENET DENIS DENSE DENTS DERES DERNS DEROS DETER DIENE DIETS DINER DINES DINOS DINTS DIRTS DITES DOERS DOEST DOITS DONEE DONER DOREE DORES DORIS DORSE DORTS DOSER DOTER DOTES DREES DRENT DREST DRIES DROIT DRONE EDITS EIDER EIDOS ENDER ENTER EOSIN ERNED ERNES ERODE EROSE ESTER ESTRO ETENS IDEES IDENT INERT INSET INTER INTRO IRONE IRONS NEEDS NEIST NERDS NERTS NETES NIDES NIDOR NITER NITES NITRE NITRO NODES NOIRS NOISE NORIS NOSED NOSER NOTED NOTER NOTES ODIST OINTS ONERS ONSET ORNIS OSIER REDES REDON REDOS REEDS REENS REEST REINS REIST RENDS RENTE RENTS RESET RESID RESIN RESIT RESOD RESTO RETIE RIDES RINDS RINES RINSE RIOTS RISEN RITES RODES ROINS ROIST RONDE RONES RONTE RONTS ROSED ROSET ROSIN ROSIT ROSTI ROTED ROTES ROTIS SDEIN SEDER SEINE SENOR SENTE SENTI SERED SERIN SERON SETON SIDER SIENT SINED SIRED SIREE SIREN SITED SNEED SNEER SNIDE SNIRT SNORE SNORT SONDE SORED SOREE STEDE STEED STEEN STEER STEIN STEND STENO STERE STERN STIED STIRE STOND STONE STORE TEEND TEENS TEERS TEIND TEINS TENDS TENES TENOR TENSE TERES TERNE TERNS TERSE TIDES TIERS TINDS TINED TINES TIRED TIRES TIROS TOISE TONDI TONED TONER TONES TORES TORSE TORSI TOSED TREED TREEN TREES TREND TRIDE TRIED TRIES TRINE TRINS TRIOS TRODE TRODS TROIS TRONE TRONS

4 letter words (189)

3 letter words (91)

DEE DEI DEN DIE DIN DIS DIT DOE DON DOR DOS DOT DSO EDS EEN END ENE ENS EON ERE ERN ERS EST IDE IDS INS ION IOS IRE ISO ITS NED NEE NET NID NIE NIS NIT NOD NOR NOS NOT ODE ODS OES OIS ONE ONS ORD ORE ORS ORT OSE RED REE REI REN REO RES RET RID RIN RIT ROD ROE ROT SED SEE SEI SEN SER SET SIN SIR SIT SOD SON SOT SRI TED TEE TEN TES TID TIE TIN TIS TOD TOE TON TOR

2 letter words (29)

DE DI DO ED EE EN ER ES ET ID IN IO IS IT NE NO OD OE OI ON OR OS RE SI SO ST TE TI TO

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