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Is descender a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word descender is a Scrabble US word. The word descender is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is descender a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word descender is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

D2E1S1C3E1N1D2E1R1

Is descender a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word descender is a Words With Friends word. The word descender is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2E1S1C4E1N2D2E1R1

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9-letter words (2 found)

DESCENDER,REDESCEND,

8-letter words (5 found)

DECERNED,RECENSED,SCREEDED,SCREENED,SECERNED,

7-letter words (16 found)

CREESED,DECERNS,DECREED,DECREES,DESCEND,NEEDERS,RECEDED,RECEDES,RECENSE,REDDENS,SCENDED,SCERNED,SECEDED,SECEDER,SERENED,SNEERED,

6-letter words (39 found)

CEDERS,CENDRE,CENSED,CENSER,CERNED,CERNES,CREEDS,CREESE,DECERN,DECREE,DEEDER,DEERES,DENSER,DERNED,DESEED,ENDERS,NEEDED,NEEDER,NEESED,RECEDE,REDDEN,REEDED,REEDEN,REEDES,RENDED,RESEED,RESEEN,RESEND,SCENED,SCERNE,SCREED,SCREEN,SECEDE,SECERN,SEEDED,SEEDER,SENDED,SENDER,SERENE,

5-letter words (43 found)

CEDED,CEDER,CEDES,CENSE,CERED,CERES,CERNE,CREDS,CREED,CREES,DEEDS,DEENS,DEERE,DEERS,DENES,DENSE,DERED,DERES,DERNS,DREED,DREES,ENDED,ENDER,ERNED,ERNES,NEEDS,NEESE,NERDS,REDDS,REDED,REDES,REEDE,REEDS,REENS,RENDS,RESEE,SCEND,SCENE,SCREE,SEDER,SERED,SNEED,SNEER,

4-letter words (42 found)

CEDE,CEES,CENS,CERE,CRED,CREE,DEED,DEEN,DEER,DEES,DENE,DENS,DERE,DERN,DREE,ENDS,ENES,ERED,ERES,ERNE,ERNS,ESNE,NEDS,NEED,NERD,RECS,REDD,REDE,REDS,REED,REEN,REES,REND,RENS,SEED,SEEN,SEER,SEND,SENE,SERE,SNED,SNEE,

3-letter words (23 found)

CEE,DEE,DEN,EDS,EEN,END,ENE,ENS,ERE,ERN,ERS,NED,NEE,REC,RED,REE,REN,RES,SEC,SED,SEE,SEN,SER,

2-letter words (8 found)

DE,ED,EE,EN,ER,ES,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 179 words from descender according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of descender

descender

Etymology

descend +‎ -er (agent noun suffix)

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈsɛndə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)

Noun

descender (plural descenders)

  1. A person or thing that descends.
  2. (typography) The part of a letter or number that is drawn below the baseline (the bottom of most lowercase letters).
  3. (cycling) A cyclist who excels at fast descents.
  4. (climbing) A belay device used in rock climbing, or as a fire escape.

Synonyms

  • (typography): tail

Translations

Anagrams

  • redescend

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • decender (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese decender, borrowed from Latin dēscendere. Compare descer, probably an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

Verb

descender (first-person singular present descendo, first-person singular preterite descendi, past participle descendido)

  1. (intransitive) to descend (to pass from a higher to a lower place)
  2. (genealogy, with de) to descend (from) (to have as an ancestor)
  3. (etymology, with de) to descend (from) (to have as an etymon)

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (to go down): descer, baixar

Related terms

  • ascender
  • condescender
  • descendente

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish decender, decendir, borrowed from Latin dēscendere. Compare also the Old Spanish form deçir, which was likely inherited from the same source.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /desθenˈdeɾ/ [d̪es.θẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /desenˈdeɾ/ [d̪e.sẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧cen‧der

Verb

descender (first-person singular present desciendo, first-person singular preterite descendí, past participle descendido)

  1. to descend

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References

Further reading

  • “descender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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