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Is descent a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word descent is a Scrabble US word. The word descent is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is descent a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word descent is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

D2E1S1C3E1N1T1

Is descent a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word descent is a Words With Friends word. The word descent is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2E1S1C4E1N2T1

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7-letter words (2 found)

DESCENT,SCENTED,

6-letter words (10 found)

CENSED,CTENES,DECENT,DENETS,NESTED,SCENED,SEDENT,SENTED,TEENDS,TENSED,

5-letter words (28 found)

CEDES,CENSE,CENTS,CETES,CTENE,DEENS,DEETS,DENES,DENET,DENSE,DENTS,ETENS,NEEDS,NETES,SCEND,SCENE,SCENT,SENTE,SNEED,STEDE,STEED,STEEN,STEND,TEEND,TEENS,TENDS,TENES,TENSE,

4-letter words (39 found)

CEDE,CEES,CENS,CENT,CETE,DEEN,DEES,DEET,DENE,DENS,DENT,ENDS,ENES,ENTS,ESNE,ETEN,NEDS,NEED,NEST,NETE,NETS,SECT,SEED,SEEN,SEND,SENE,SENT,SNED,SNEE,STED,STEN,TECS,TEDS,TEED,TEEN,TEES,TEND,TENE,TENS,

3-letter words (22 found)

CEE,DEE,DEN,EDS,EEN,END,ENE,ENS,EST,NED,NEE,NET,SEC,SED,SEE,SEN,SET,TEC,TED,TEE,TEN,TES,

2-letter words (9 found)

DE,ED,EE,EN,ES,ET,NE,ST,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 111 words from descent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of descent

descent

Etymology

From Middle English and Anglo-Norman descente, from Anglo-Norman descendre (“to descend”); see descend. Compare ascent, ascend. Doublet of desant.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈsɛnt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /dəˈsɛnt/, /dɪˈsɛnt/, /diˈsɛnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt
  • Homophone: dissent (for some dialects)

Noun

descent (countable and uncountable, plural descents)

  1. An instance of descending; act of coming down.
  2. A way down.
    We had difficulty in finding the correct descent.
  3. A sloping passage or incline.
    The descent into the cavern was wet and slippery.
  4. Lineage or hereditary derivation.
    Our guide was of Welsh descent.
  5. A drop to a lower status or condition; decline. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
    After that, the holiday went into a steep descent.
  6. A falling upon or invasion.
  7. (topology) A particular extension of the idea of gluing.

Usage notes

  • Sometimes confused with decent.

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "going down"): ascent

Derived terms

Related terms

  • descend

Translations

Further reading

  • “descent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “descent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • cedents, scented

Source: wiktionary.org