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Anagrams of DESPERATE

DESPERATE has 9 letters and one anagram that use every letter: DEPARTEES. Its letters also make 362 shorter words, listed below by length with their points.

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DESPERATE: arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope (WordNet 3.1, Princeton University)

Full anagrams of DESPERATE (1)

Every word below uses all 9 letters of DESPERATE (D E S P E R A T E), each exactly once.

DEPARTEES12

8-letter words from the letters of DESPERATE (8)

DEPARTEE11
PESTERED11
PREDATES11
RAPESEED11
REPASTED11
REPEATED11
RESEATED9
TRAPESED11

7-letter words from the letters of DESPERATE (22)

ADEPTER10
DEAREST8
DEEPEST10
DEPARTS10
DERATES8
PETARDS10
PETERED10
PREDATE10
REDATES8
REESTED8
REPEATS9
RESPADE10
RETAPED10
RETAPES9
SEDATER8
SPEARED10
SPEEDER10
SPEERED10
STEEPED10
STEEPER9
STEERED8
TAPERED10

6-letter words from the letters of DESPERATE (60)

ADEPTS9
ARETES6
DATERS7
DEEPER9
DEPART9
DERATE7
DERATS7
DESERT7
DETERS7
DRAPES9
EASTER6
EATERS6
ERASED7
ETAPES8
PADRES9
PARDEE9
PARSED9
PARTED9
PASTED9
PASTER8
PATERS8
PEDATE9
PEERED9
PESADE9
PESETA8
PESTER8
PETARD9
PETERS8
PRATED9
PRATES8
PRESET8
RASPED9
REAPED9
REDATE7
REPAST8
REPEAT8
RESEAT6
RESEDA7
RESEED7
RESTED7
RETAPE8
SEARED7
SEATED7
SEATER6
SEDATE7
SEEDER7
SEEPED9
SERAPE8
SPADER9
SPARED9
SPREAD9
STARED7
TAPERS8
TEARED7
TEASED7
TEASER6
TEPEES8
TRADES7
TRAPES8
TREADS7

5-letter words from the letters of DESPERATE (107)

ADEPT8
APTER7
ASTER5
DARES6
DARTS6
DATES6
DEARS6
DEEPS8
DETER6
DRAPE8
EASED6
EATER5
ERASE5
ESTER5
PADRE8
PARED8
PARES7
PARSE7
PARTS7
PASTE7
PATES7
PEARS7
PEERS7
PETER7
PRATE7
RATED6
RATES5
READS6
REAPS7
REEDS6
RESET5
SATED6
SEPTA7
SPADE8
SPARE7
SPATE7
SPEAR7
SPEED8
SPRAT7
SPREE7
STARE5
STEAD6
STEED6
STEEP7
STEER5
STRAP7
STREP7
TAPED8
TAPER7
TAPES7
TARPS7
TEARS5
TEASE5
TEPEE7
TERSE5
TRADE6
TRAPS7
TREAD6
TREED6
TREES5

The 60 most common shown, 47 rarer words not listed.

4-letter words from the letters of DESPERATE (99)

APED7
APES6
ARES4
ARTS4
DARE5
DART5
DATE5
DEAR5
DEEP7
DEER5
EARS4
EASE4
EAST4
EATS4
ERAS4
PADS7
PARE6
PARS6
PART6
PAST6
PATE6
PATS6
PEAR6
PEAS6
PEAT6
PEED7
PEER6
PERT6
PEST6
PETS6
RAPS6
RAPT6
RASP6
RATE4
RATS4
READ5
REAP6
REDS5
REED5
REST4
SEAR4
SEAT4
SEED5
SEEP6
SEER4
SPAR6
SPAT6
SPED7
STAR4
STEP6
TAPE6
TAPS6
TARS4
TEAR4
TEAS4
TEED5
TEES4
TRAP6
TREE4
TSAR4

The 60 most common shown, 39 rarer words not listed.

3-letter words from the letters of DESPERATE (52)

ADS4
APE5
APT5
ARE3
ARS3
ART3
ASP5
ATE3
DAP6
DEE4
EAR3
EAT3
ERA3
ERE3
ERS3
ETA3
PAD6
PAR5
PAS5
PAT5
PEA5
PED6
PEE5
PER5
PES5
PET5
RAD4
RAP5
RAS3
RAT3
RED4
REE3
REP5
RES3
RET3
SAD4
SAE3
SAP5
SAT3
SEA3
SEE3
SER3
SET3
SPA5
TAD4
TAE3
TAP5
TAR3
TAS3
TEA3
TED4
TEE3

2-letter words from the letters of DESPERATE (14)

What the words from DESPERATE mean

PESTERED: troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
PREDATES: form of PREDATE: be earlier in time
ARE: form of BE: have the quality of being
SEE: perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
EAT: take in solid food
PART: something determined in relation to something that includes it
DEAR: dearly loved
SET: put into a certain place or abstract location

Short definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).

DESPERATE in numbers

Letters: 9 (4 vowels, 7 different)
Full anagrams: 1
Words from its letters: 362
Longest shorter word: DEPARTEE, PESTERED and PREDATES (8 letters)
Best score: DEPARTEES, 12 points
DESPERATE itself: 12 points before bonus squares

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Questions

What is an anagram of DESPERATE?

DEPARTEES: the only other word using exactly the letters D E S P E R A T E, each once.

How many words can you make from the letters of DESPERATE?

363 words of two letters or more (1 using all 9 letters), each letter used at most once, from Wordtide's English dictionary (the public-domain ENABLE list without offensive words).

What is the highest-scoring word from DESPERATE?

DEPARTEES, worth 12 points with Wordtide letter values before bonus squares.

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