The word despair is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • despair v. (Transitive, obsolete) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
  • despair v. (Transitive) To cause to despair.
  • despair v. (Intransitive, often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.

21 valid words from 3 definitions

ALL AS BE BEYOND CAUSE DESPAIR EXPECTATION GIVE HAVE HOPE HOPELESS INTRANSITIVE NO OBSOLETE OF OFTEN OR TO TRANSITIVE UP WITH

7 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

AI AIR DE ES PA PAIR SPA

4 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

APSE ED RIA SED

4 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

ASPIRED DIAPERS PRAISED SAPIDER

7 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

DESPAIRS DESPAIRED DESPAIRER DESPAIRERS DESPAIRFUL DESPAIRING DESPAIRINGLY

2 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

UNDESPAIRING UNDESPAIRINGLY

28 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A PARADISE
+C EPACRIDS PERACIDS
+D DISPREAD
+E AIRSPEED
+G SPAIRGED
+H RAPHIDES
+I PRESIDIA
+L LIPREADS PARSLIED PEDRAILS PREDIALS SPIRALED
+N SPRAINED
+O DIASPORE PARODIES
+P APPRISED DRAPPIES
+R DRAPIERS
+S DESPAIRS
+T DIPTERAS DRAPIEST RAPIDEST SPIRATED TARSIPED TRAIPSED
+U UPRAISED
+W RIPSAWED

33 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-A PRIDES PRISED REDIPS RISPED SPIDER SPIRED
-D ASPIRE PAIRES PARIES PERAIS PRAISE SPIREA
-E RAPIDS SPARID SPRAID
-I DRAPES PADRES PARSED RASPED SPADER SPARED SPREAD
-P AIDERS DEAIRS IRADES RAISED REDIAS RESAID SAIRED
-S DIAPER PAIRED PARDIE REPAID

Scrabble scoring

  • 10 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 17829 chance (0.01%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 85774 chance.

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Categories without words

  • No cousins (Word found by changing only one letter.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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