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Is ascent a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ascent is a Scrabble US word. The word ascent is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is ascent a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ascent is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

A1S1C3E1N1T1

Is ascent a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ascent is a Words With Friends word. The word ascent is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (5 found)

ASCENT,CENTAS,ENACTS,SECANT,STANCE,

5-letter words (21 found)

ACNES,ANCES,ANTES,CANES,CANST,CANTS,CASTE,CATES,CENTS,CESTA,ENACT,ETNAS,NATES,NEATS,SCANT,SCEAT,SCENA,SCENT,STANE,STEAN,TACES,

4-letter words (50 found)

ACES,ACNE,ACTS,AESC,ANCE,ANES,ANTE,ANTS,ATES,CANE,CANS,CANT,CASE,CAST,CATE,CATS,CEAS,CENS,CENT,EANS,EAST,EATS,ENTS,ETAS,ETNA,NAES,NATS,NEAT,NEST,NETS,SANE,SANT,SATE,SCAN,SCAT,SEAN,SEAT,SECT,SENA,SENT,SETA,STEN,TACE,TAES,TANE,TANS,TASE,TEAS,TECS,TENS,

3-letter words (34 found)

ACE,ACT,ANE,ANS,ANT,ATE,ATS,CAN,CAT,EAN,EAS,EAT,ENS,EST,ETA,NAE,NAS,NAT,NET,SAC,SAE,SAN,SAT,SEA,SEC,SEN,SET,TAE,TAN,TAS,TEA,TEC,TEN,TES,

2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AN,AS,AT,EA,EN,ES,ET,NA,NE,ST,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 124 words from ascent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ascent

ascent

Etymology

Formed from ascend on the model of descend/descent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈsɛnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt
  • Homophone: assent
  • Hyphenation: as‧cent

Noun

ascent (countable and uncountable, plural ascents)

  1. The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
  2. The way or means by which one ascends.
  3. An eminence, hill, or high place.
  4. The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; gradient; steepness
  5. (typography) The ascender height in a typeface.
  6. An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy

Derived terms

  • ascent vehicle

Translations

References

  • “ascent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • casten, enacts, scante, secant, stance

Source: wiktionary.org