What DESOLATE Means
- verb: leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch“The mother deserted her children”
- verb: reduce in population“The epidemic depopulated the countryside”
- adjective: providing no shelter or sustenance“bare rocky hills”
- adjective: crushed by grief“depressed and desolate of soul”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DESOLATE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 S1 O1 L1 A1 T1 E1.
Words Made From The Letters In DESOLATE
333 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.
7 letter words (6)
6 letter words (29)
ALDOSEDELATEDELTASDESALTEASTEDELATEDELATESELDESTELODEALASTEDLEASEDLESTEDOLDESTOLEATEOSTEALSALTEDSEALEDSEATEDSEDATESLATEDSOLATESTALEDSTEALESTEELDSTELAESTOLEDTEADESTEASEDTEASEL
5 letter words (83)
AEDESALODSALOEDALOESALTOSDALESDALTSDATESDATOSDEALSDEALTDEETSDELESDELOSDELTADELTSDOATSDOESTDOLESDOLTSDOTALDOTESEALESEASEDEASELEASLEELATELADESLASEDLATEDLEADSLEASELEASTLEATSLEETSLOADSLOASTLODESLOSEDLOTASLOTESODALSSALETSALTOSATEDSEELDSETAESETALSLADESLATESLEETSOLDESOLEDSTADESTALESTEADSTEALSTEDESTEEDSTEELSTELASTELESTOAESTOLETAELSTALESTEADETEADSTEAEDTEALSTEASETEELSTELAETELESTELOSTESLATOADSTOEASTOLASTOLEDTOLESTOSEDTSADE
4 letter words (123)
ADOSALEEALESALODALOEALSOALTOALTSATESDAESDALEDALSDALTDATEDATODEALDEESDEETDELEDELODELSDELTDOATDOESDOLEDOLSDOLTDOSEDOSTDOTEDOTSEALEEASEEASTEATSEELSELDSELSEELTSETASLADELADSLASELASTLATELATSLEADLEASLEATLEEDLEESLEETLESTLETSLOADLODELODSLOSELOSTLOTALOTELOTSOASTOATSODALODASODEAODESOLDEOLDSOLEAOLESSADESADOSALESALTSATESEALSEATSEEDSEELSELDSELESETASLAESLATSLEDSLEESLOESLOTSODASOLASOLDSOLESTEDSTOATADSTAEDTAELTAESTALETAOSTEADTEALTEASTEDSTEEDTEELTEESTELATELDTELETELSTOADTODSTOEATOEDTOESTOLATOLDTOLETOSATOSE
3 letter words (68)
ADOADSALEALSALTATEATSDAEDALDASDEEDELDOEDOLDOSDOTDSOEASEATEDSEELELDELSELTESTETALADLASLATLEALEDLEELESLETLODLOSLOTOATODAODEODSOESOLDOLEOSESADSAESALSATSEASEDSEESELSETSODSOLSOTTADTAETAOTASTEATEDTEETELTESTODTOE
2 letter words (24)
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