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DESPAIRED

9 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What DESPAIRED Means

DESPAIRED is a form of DESPAIR, which means:

  1. noun: a state in which all hope is lost or absent“in the depths of despair”
  2. noun: the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well“they moaned in despair and dismay”
  3. verb: abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart“Don't despair, help is on the way!”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DESPAIRED 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 D2 E1 S1 P3 A1 I1 R1 E1 D2.

Words Made From The Letters In DESPAIRED

457 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 (5)

7 letter words (30)

6 letter words (84)

5 letter words (130)

4 letter words (119)

3 letter words (69)

2 letter words (20)

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