What DESPITE Means
- noun: lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike“he was held in contempt”
- noun: contemptuous disregard“she wanted neither favor nor despite”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DESPITE 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 P3 I1 T1 E1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 60 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In DESPITE
121 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 (4)
5 letter words (24)
DEEPSDEETSDEISTDIETSDITESEDITSIDEESPEDESPEISEPIETSPISTESIPEDSITEDSPEEDSPIDESPIEDSPITESTEDESTEEDSTEEPSTIEDSTIPETEPIDTIDES
4 letter words (45)
DEEPDEESDEETDESIDIESDIETDIPSDIPTDITEDITSEDITEIDEIDEEIDESPEDSPEEDPEESPESTPETSPIEDPIESPIETPISEPITSSEEDSEEPSEPTSIDESIPESITESPEDSPETSPIESPITSTEDSTEPSTIETEDSTEEDTEESTIDETIDSTIEDTIESTIPS
3 letter words (33)
2 letter words (15)
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