DESCENDANT is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. DESCENDANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DESCENDANT?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DESCENDANT is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DESCENDANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
descendantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DESCENDANT scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DESCENDANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DESCENDANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DESCENDANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person, animal or plant that comes from a particular ancestor.
A descendant can be a child, grandchild or someone many generations removed. The word is also used for a thing, such as a machine or a language, that grew out of an earlier form.
How DESCENDANT is used
Descendant is the usual spelling for the noun; the form with e is a rarer variant.
- She is a descendant of early settlers.
- Birds are the living descendant of small dinosaurs.
- The newer phone is a descendant of the old model.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DESCENDANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DESCENDANT
1 longer words begin with DESCENDANT.
Shorter words from the letters in DESCENDANT
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Common questions about DESCENDANT
- Is DESCENDANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DESCENDANT, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DESCENDANT worth?
- DESCENDANT is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DESCENDANT mean?
- A person, animal or plant that comes from a particular ancestor.
- What letters can be added to DESCENDANT?
- DESCENDANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DESCENDANT:
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