DESOLATE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DESOLATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DESOLATE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DESOLATE is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DESOLATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DESOLATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DESOLATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DESOLATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DESOLATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Empty, bleak and lifeless; or feeling deep sadness and loneliness.
A desolate landscape has no people or comfort, such as a windswept moor. A person can feel desolate after a loss, and as a verb desolate means to lay waste or leave someone bereft.
How DESOLATE is used
Desolate describes places and moods, and as a verb it is rather literary.
- They crossed a desolate stretch of salt flats.
- She felt desolate after the news of his departure.
- War did desolate the valley and its villages.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DESOLATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DESOLATE
7 longer words begin with DESOLATE.
Shorter words from the letters in DESOLATE
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Common questions about DESOLATE
- Is DESOLATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DESOLATE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DESOLATE worth?
- DESOLATE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DESOLATE mean?
- Empty, bleak and lifeless; or feeling deep sadness and loneliness.
- What letters can be added to DESOLATE?
- DESOLATE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DESOLATE:
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