DESPERATE
A 9-letter word worth 12 points in Scrabble.
d 2 e 1 s 1 p 3 e 1 r 1 a 1 t 1 e 1
- Length
- 9
- Scrabble
- 12 pts
- Sorted letters
- adeeeprst
- Anagrams
- 1
Definition of DESPERATE
- noun
a person who is frightened and in need of help
“they prey on the hopes of the desperate”
- adjective
showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort; "the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall
“made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber”
Synonyms: heroic
- adjective
fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall
“a desperate illness”
Synonyms: dire
Definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).
Anagrams of DESPERATE
Words within DESPERATE
368 words can be made from any subset of the letters in DESPERATE.
- departees 12
- departee 11
- pederast 11
- pestered 11
- predates 11
- rapeseed 11
- repasted 11
- repeated 11
- trapesed 11
- reseated 9
- adepter 10
- deepest 10
- departs 10
- petards 10
- petered 10
- predate 10
- respade 10
- retaped 10
- speared 10
- speeder 10
- speered 10
- steeped 10
- tapered 10
- repeats 9
- retapes 9
- steeper 9
- dearest 8
- derates 8
- redates 8
- reested 8
- sedater 8
- steered 8
- adepts 9
- deeper 9
- depart 9
- drapes 9
- padres 9
- pardee 9
- parsed 9
- parted 9
- pasted 9
- pedate 9
- peered 9
- pesade 9
- petard 9
- prated 9
- rasped 9
- reaped 9
- seeped 9
- spader 9
- spared 9
- spread 9
- etapes 8
- paster 8
- paters 8
- peseta 8
- pester 8
- peters 8
- prates 8
- preset 8
- repast 8
- repeat 8
- retape 8
- serape 8
- tapers 8
- tepees 8
- trapes 8
- daters 7
- derate 7
- derats 7
- desert 7
- deters 7
- erased 7
- redate 7
- reseda 7
- reseed 7
- rested 7
- seared 7
- seated 7
- sedate 7
- seeder 7
- stared 7
- teared 7
- teased 7
- trades 7
- treads 7
- aretes 6
- easter 6
- eaters 6
- reseat 6
- seater 6
- teaser 6
- adept 8
- deeps 8
- drape 8
- padre 8
- pards 8
- pared 8
- pated 8
- pedes 8
- preed 8
- raped 8
- spade 8
- spaed 8
- speed 8
- taped 8
- apers 7
- apres 7
- apter 7
- asper 7
- epees 7
- etape 7
- pares 7
- parse 7
- parts 7
- paste 7
- pater 7
- pates 7
- pears 7
- peart 7