DESPOILING

10 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What DESPOILING Means

DESPOILING is a form of DESPOIL, which means:

verb: steal goods; take as spoils“During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners”
verb: destroy and strip of its possession“The soldiers raped the beautiful country”

Similar words

PLUNDER LOOT REAVE STRIP RIFLE RANSACK PILLAGE FORAY SPOIL VIOLATE

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DESPOILING 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 P3 O1 I1 L1 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In DESPOILING

753 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 (1)

8 letter words (19)

DELOPING DEPOSING DIPLOGEN DISLOIGN DISPLING DISPONGE EILDINGS GLENOIDS INDIGOES LIONISED PIDGEONS PIGNOLIS PLOIDIES SIDELING SIDELONG SPEILING SPELDING SPIELING SPOILING

7 letter words (84)

6 letter words (131)

5 letter words (175)

DEIGN DEILS DELIS DELOS DENIS DINES DINGE DINGO DINGS DINOS DIOLS DIPSO DOGES DOGIE DOING DOLES DONGS DOPES EIDOS EILDS ELDIN ELOIN ELOPS ELSIN ENOLS EOSIN GELDS GELID GENII GENIP GEOID GILDS GIPON GLEDS GLEIS GLENS GLIDE GLODE GLOPS GOELS GOLDS GOLES GOLPE GOLPS IDLES IDOLS INDIE INDOL INGLE IODIN ISLED LENDS LENGS LENIS LENOS LEPID LIDOS LIENS LIGNE LINDS LINED LINES LINGO LINGS LINOS LIONS LIPID LIPIN LIPOS LODEN LODES LODGE LOGES LOGIE LOGIN LOIDS LOINS LOIPE LONGE LONGS LOPED LOPES LOSED LOSEN NELIS NIDES NISEI NODES NOELS NOILS NOISE NOLES NOSED OGLED OGLES OILED OLDEN OLDIE OLEIN OLPES OPENS OPINE OPING OPSIN PEINS PELON PENDS PENGO PEONS PIEND PIING PILED PILEI PILES PILIS PINED PINES PINGO PINGS PIONS PLEON PLIED PLIES PLING PLODS PLONG PODGE POIND POISE POLED POLES POLIS PONDS PONES PONGS POSED PSION SDEIN SEGNI SEGNO SEGOL SENGI SIDLE SIELD SIGIL SILED SILEN SINED SINGE SIPED SLIDE SLING SLIPE SLOID SLOPE SNIDE SNIPE SNOEP SOLDE SOLDI SOLED SOLEI SOLID SONDE SPEIL SPELD SPEND SPIDE SPIED SPIEL SPILE SPINE SPLOG SPODE SPOIL

4 letter words (206)

3 letter words (109)

DEG DEI DEL DEN DIE DIG DIN DIP DIS DOE DOG DOL DON DOP DOS DSO EDS EGO ELD ELS END ENG ENS EON GED GEL GEN GEO GID GIE GIN GIO GIP GIS GOD GOE GON GOS IDE IDS ING INS ION IOS ISO LED LEG LEI LEP LES LID LIE LIG LIN LIP LIS LOD LOG LOP LOS NED NEG NEP NID NIE NIL NIP NIS NOD NOG NOS ODE ODS OES OIL OIS OLD OLE ONE ONS OPE OPS OSE PED PEG PEL PEN PES PIE PIG PIN PIS POD POI POL POS PSI SED SEG SEI SEL SEN SIN SIP SOD SOG SOL SON SOP

2 letter words (28)

DE DI DO ED EL EN ES GI GO ID IN IO IS LI LO NE NO OD OE OI ON OP OS PE PI PO SI SO

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