Definition of descents

"descents" in the noun sense

1. descent

a movement downward

2. origin, descent, extraction

properties attributable to your ancestry

"he comes from good origins"

3. descent

the act of changing your location in a downward direction

4. descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation

the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

5. descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope

a downward slope or bend

6. lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock

the descendants of one individual

"his entire lineage has been warriors"

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Quotations for descents

I have no urns, no dusty monuments;
No broken images of ancestors,
Wanting an ear, or nose; no forged tales
Of long descents, to boast false honors from. [ Ben Jonson ]

It was the saying of a great man, that if we could trace our descents, we should find all slaves to come from princes, and all princes from slaves; and fortune has turned all things topsy-turvy in a long series of revolutions; beside, for a man to spend his life in pursuit of a title, that serves only when he dies to furnish out an epitaph, is below a wise man's business. [ Seneca ]

descents in Scrabble®

The word descents 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: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters descents:

DESCENTS
(126)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

densest, descent, scented

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word descents

DESCENTS
(126)
DESCENTS
(108)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In descents

DESCENTS
(126)
DESCENTS
(108)
DESCENT
(90 = 40 + 50)
SCENTED
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DENSEST
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DESCENT
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DESCENTS
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descents in Words With Friends™

The word descents 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: 13

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

DESCENTS
(126)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

densest, descent, scented

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word descents

DESCENTS
(126)
DESCENTS
(90)
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(75)
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(69)
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(60)
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(57)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In descents

DESCENTS
(126)
DESCENT
(107 = 72 + 35)
SCENTED
(107 = 72 + 35)
DESCENT
(101 = 66 + 35)
SCENTED
(95 = 60 + 35)
DESCENT
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DESCENT
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DESCENTS
(90)
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(89 = 54 + 35)
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DESCENT
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DESCENTS
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DECENT
(69)
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(69)
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DESCENTS
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SCENTS
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SCENES
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SCENTS
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(48)
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Words within the letters of descents

2 letter words in descents (1 word)

3 letter words in descents (11 words)

6 letter words in descents (8 words)

7 letter words in descents (3 words)

8 letter words in descents (1 word)

Words containing the sequence descents

Words that start with descents (1 word)

Words with descents in them (1 word)

Words that end with descents (2 words)

Word Growth involving descents

Shorter words in descents

en cent scent descent

en cent cents scents

en cent scent scents

Longer words containing descents

incandescents