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Definition of descendant

"descendant" in the noun sense

1. descendant, descendent

a person considered as descended from some ancestor

"descendant" in the adjective sense

1. descendant, descendent

going or coming down

2. descendant, descendent

proceeding by descent from an ancestor

"descendent gene"

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Quotations for descendant

Wrong cannot have a legal descendant. [ Thomas Paine ]

Men have their intellectual ancestry, and the likeness of some one of them is forever unexpectedly flashing out in the features of a descendant, it may be after a gap of several centuries. In the parliament of the present every man represents a constituency of the past. [ Lowell ]

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descendant in Scrabble®

The word descendant is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters descendant:

DESCENDANT

(153)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (17 words)

canteen, deadens, deadest, decades, decanes, decants, descant, descend, descent, enacted, encased, nascent, neatens, scanned, scented, sedated, standee

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word descendant

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In descendant

DESCENDANT

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descendant in Words With Friends™

The word descendant is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters descendant:

DESCENDANT

(261)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (17 words)

canteen, deadens, deadest, decades, decanes, decants, descant, descend, descent, enacted, encased, nascent, neatens, scanned, scented, sedated, standee

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word descendant

DESCENDANT

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In descendant

DESCENDANT

(261)

DESCENDANT

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Words within the letters of descendant

2 letter words in descendant (6 words)

ad an as at en ta

3 letter words in descendant (30 words)

ace act add ads and ant ate cad can cat cee dad dee den eat end ens eta net sac sad sat sea see set tad tan tea tee ten

4 letter words in descendant (57 words)

5 letter words in descendant (45 words)

6 letter words in descendant (35 words)

7 letter words in descendant (17 words)

canteen deadens deadest decades decanes decants descant descend descent enacted encased nascent neatens scanned scented sedated standee

8 letter words in descendant (4 words)

ascended canteens decadent decanted

9 letter words in descendant (2 words)

decadents descanted

10 letter words in descendant (1 word)

descendant

descendant + 1 blank (2 words)

descendants transcended

descendant + 2 blanks (3 words)

codefendants descendental disenchanted

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Words containing the sequence descendant

Words that start with descendant (2 words)

descendant descendants

Words with descendant in them (1 word)

descendant

Words that end with descendant (1 word)

descendant

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Word Growth involving descendant

Shorter words in descendant

an ant

en end descend

Longer words containing descendant

descendants