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Is dessert a Scrabble word?

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

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Is dessert a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is dessert a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word dessert is a Words With Friends word. The word dessert is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (3 found)

DESERTS,DESSERT,TRESSED,

6-letter words (13 found)

DESERT,DETERS,DREEST,ESTERS,REESTS,RESETS,RESTED,SEDERS,SEREST,STEDES,STEEDS,STEERS,STERES,

5-letter words (33 found)

DEERS,DEETS,DERES,DESSE,DETER,DREES,DRESS,DREST,ERSES,ESTER,REDES,REEDS,REEST,RESES,RESET,RESTS,SEDER,SEDES,SEEDS,SEERS,SERED,SERES,STEDE,STEDS,STEED,STEER,STERE,TEERS,TERES,TERSE,TREED,TREES,TRESS,

4-letter words (32 found)

DEER,DEES,DEET,DERE,DREE,ERED,ERES,ERST,ESES,ESSE,ESTS,REDE,REDS,REED,REES,REST,RETE,RETS,SEED,SEER,SEES,SERE,SERS,SESE,SETS,STED,TEDS,TEED,TEER,TEES,TREE,TRES,

3-letter words (17 found)

DEE,EDS,ERE,ERS,ESS,EST,RED,REE,RES,RET,SED,SEE,SER,SET,TED,TEE,TES,

2-letter words (9 found)

DE,ED,EE,ER,ES,ET,RE,ST,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 108 words from dessert according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of dessert

dessert

Alternative forms

  • desert (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) and servir (“serve”), thus literally meaning “removal of what has been served”.

Note: It was erroneously suggested (e.g. in "Glucose syrups: Technology and Applications" (Peter Hull, 2010)) that the word is derived from the name of Benjamin Delessert, the inventor of beet sugar. However, the term predates him by at least a century.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈzɜːt/
  • (US) enPR: dĭ-zûrt, IPA(key): /dɪˈzɝt/
  • Homophone: desert (verb)
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

Noun

dessert (countable and uncountable, plural desserts)

  1. The last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc.
  2. A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal.

Synonyms

  • (sweet final course of a meal): afters (UK informal), pudding (UK), sweet (UK)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Japanese: デザート (dezāto)

Translations

Anagrams

  • deserts, tressed

Danish

Etymology

From French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) and servir (“serve”).

Noun

dessert c (singular definite desserten, plural indefinite desserter)

  1. dessert

Inflection

Further reading

  • “dessert” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) and servir (“serve”), thus literally meaning “removal of what has been served”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛˈsɛr/, /dɛˈsɛrt/
  • Hyphenation: des‧sert
  • Rhymes: -ɛr, -ɛrt

Noun

dessert n (plural desserten or desserts, diminutive dessertje n)

  1. A dessert.
    Synonyms: nagerecht, naspijs, toespijs, toetje

Derived terms

  • dessertkaart

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: dessert

Estonian

Etymology

German Dessert.

Noun

dessert (genitive desserdi, partitive desserti)

  1. dessert

Declension

Synonyms

  • magustoit

Further reading

  • “dessert”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • dessert in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) +‎ servir (“serve”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.sɛʁ/

Noun

dessert m (plural desserts)

  1. dessert, pudding

Derived terms

  • cuillère à dessert

Descendants

Verb

dessert

  1. third-person singular present indicative of desservir

Further reading

  • “dessert”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • déserts

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French dessert.

Noun

dessert m (definite singular desserten, indefinite plural desserter, definite plural dessertene)

  1. dessert

References

  • “dessert” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French dessert.

Noun

dessert m (definite singular desserten, indefinite plural dessertar, definite plural dessertane)

  1. dessert

References

  • “dessert” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romansch

Noun

dessert m (plural desserts)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) dessert

Synonyms

  • (Sutsilvan) dultsch

West Frisian

Etymology

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Noun

dessert n (plural desserts, diminutive dessertsje)

  1. dessert

Further reading

  • “dessert”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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