DESCENDIBLE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. DESCENDIBLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DESCENDIBLE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DESCENDIBLE is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DESCENDIBLE
No single letter turns DESCENDIBLE into another word.
How DESCENDIBLE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in DESCENDIBLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DESCENDIBLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DESCENDIBLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
legal
Able to be passed from an ancestor to an heir, or able to be climbed down.
In property law a descendible estate is one that passes to the owner's heirs rather than ending at death. A rarer, literal use describes a slope or stair that can be descended.
How DESCENDIBLE is used
Legal and rare; "descendable" is a variant spelling.
- The farm was a descendible estate held within the family.
- Titles in that kingdom were not descendible to daughters.
- The lawyer checked whether the land was descendible.
- A descendible rope ladder hung from the cliff.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DESCENDIBLE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DESCENDIBLE
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Common questions about DESCENDIBLE
- Is DESCENDIBLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DESCENDIBLE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DESCENDIBLE worth?
- DESCENDIBLE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DESCENDIBLE mean?
- Able to be passed from an ancestor to an heir, or able to be climbed down.
- What letters can be added to DESCENDIBLE?
- No single letter can be added to DESCENDIBLE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of DESCENDIBLE:
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