Definition of descendants

"descendants" in the noun sense

1. descendant, descendent

a person considered as descended from some ancestor

"we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"

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Quotations for descendants

Hereditary honours are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants. [ Plato ]

To Adam Paradise was home. To the good among his descendants home is paradise. [ Hare ]

People who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants. [ Macaulay ]

Thackeray and Balzac will make it possible for our descendants to live over again the England and France of today. Seen in this light, the novelist has a higher office than merely to amuse his contemporaries. [ P. G. Hamerton ]

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descendants in Scrabble®

The word descendants 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: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters descendants:

DESCENDANTS

(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (31 words)

ascends, ascents, canteen, deadens, deadest, decades, decanes, decants, densest, desands, descant, descend, descent, enacted, encased, encases, nascent, neatens, saddens, saddest, sateens, scanned, scented, seances, secants, sedated, sedates, senates, sensate, stances, standee

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DESCENDANTS

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descendants in Words With Friends™

The word descendants 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: 18

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

DESCENDANTS

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Seven Letter Word Alert: (31 words)

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DESCENDANTS

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Words within the letters of descendants

2 letter words in descendants (6 words)

ad an as at en ta

3 letter words in descendants (32 words)

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

4 letter words in descendants (61 words)

5 letter words in descendants (60 words)

6 letter words in descendants (48 words)

7 letter words in descendants (31 words)

8 letter words in descendants (12 words)

ascended assented canteens deadness decadent decanted descants descends descents neatness sensated standees

9 letter words in descendants (3 words)

datedness decadents descanted

10 letter words in descendants (1 word)

descendant

11 letter words in descendants (1 word)

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Words containing the sequence descendants

Words that start with descendants (1 word)

descendants

Words with descendants in them (1 word)

descendants

Words that end with descendants (1 word)

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Word Growth involving descendants

Shorter words in descendants

an ant ants

an ant descendant

en end descend descendant

Longer words containing descendants

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