What DESCANT Means
- verb: sing in descant
- verb: sing by changing register; sing by yodeling“The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains”
- noun: a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DESCANT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 S1 C3 A1 N1 T1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 60 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of DESCANT (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In DESCANT
198 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (13)
5 letter words (47)
ACNEDACNESACTEDANTEDANTESCADESCADETCANEDCANESCANSTCANTSCASEDCASTECATESCENTSCESTADACESDANCEDANTSDATESDEANSDENTSECADSENACTETNASNATESNEATSSANEDSATEDSCANDSCANTSCEATSCENASCENDSCENTSEDANSNEADSTADESTANDSTANESTEADSTEANSTENDTACESTEADSTENDSTSADE
4 letter words (73)
ACEDACESACNEACTSAESCANCEANDSANESANTEANTSATESCADECADSCANECANSCANTCASECASTCATECATSCEASCENSCENTDACEDAESDANSDANTDATEDEANDENSDENTEANSEASTEATSECADENDSETASETNANADSNATSNEATNEDSNESTNETSSADESANDSANESANTSATESCADSCANSEANSEATSECTSENASENDSENTSETASNEDSTEDSTENTACETADSTAEDTAESTANETANSTEADTEASTECSTEDSTENDTENS
3 letter words (48)
ACEACTADSANDANEANSANTATEATSCADCANCATDAEDANDASDENEANEASEATEDSENDENSESTETANAENASNATNEDNETSACSADSAESANSATSEASECSEDSENSETTADTAETANTASTEATECTEDTENTES
2 letter words (17)
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