Definition of descriptor

"descriptor" in the noun sense

1. form, word form, signifier, descriptor

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

"the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached"

2. descriptor

a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

Princeton University "About WordNet®."
WordNet®. Princeton University. 2010.


View WordNet® License

descriptor in Scrabble®

The word descriptor 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® Plays In The Letters descriptor:

DESCRIPTOR
(162)
DESCRIPTOR
(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (50 words)

ceroids, coedits, copiers, credits, crisped, crisper, crosier, depicts, deports, deposit, diopter, dioptre, directs, discept, dopiest, editors, erotics, peridot, periods, poetics, porters, posited, predict, presort, pricers, records, rectors, reports, rioters, ripcord, roisted, roister, ropiest, sortied, spirted, sported, steroid, stirred, storied, strider, stridor, striped, striper, tierods, topside, torpids, triceps, tripeds, tripods, tropics

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word descriptor

DESCRIPTOR
(162)
DESCRIPTOR
(162)
DESCRIPTOR
(108)
DESCRIPTOR
(108)
DESCRIPTOR
(64)
DESCRIPTOR
(64)
DESCRIPTOR
(60)
DESCRIPTOR
(60)
DESCRIPTOR
(60)
DESCRIPTOR
(60)
DESCRIPTOR
(54)
DESCRIPTOR
(51)
DESCRIPTOR
(48)
DESCRIPTOR
(48)
DESCRIPTOR
(42)
DESCRIPTOR
(38)
DESCRIPTOR
(38)
DESCRIPTOR
(38)
DESCRIPTOR
(38)
DESCRIPTOR
(38)
DESCRIPTOR
(38)
DESCRIPTOR
(38)
DESCRIPTOR
(36)
DESCRIPTOR
(36)
DESCRIPTOR
(36)
DESCRIPTOR
(36)
DESCRIPTOR
(34)
DESCRIPTOR
(34)
DESCRIPTOR
(34)
DESCRIPTOR
(34)
DESCRIPTOR
(32)
DESCRIPTOR
(32)
DESCRIPTOR
(30)
DESCRIPTOR
(30)
DESCRIPTOR
(23)
DESCRIPTOR
(23)
DESCRIPTOR
(23)
DESCRIPTOR
(21)
DESCRIPTOR
(21)
DESCRIPTOR
(20)
DESCRIPTOR
(20)
DESCRIPTOR
(20)
DESCRIPTOR
(18)
DESCRIPTOR
(18)

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

DESCRIPTOR
(162)
DESCRIPTOR
(162)
DESCRIPTOR
(108)
DESCRIPTOR
(108)
RIPCORD
(98 = 48 + 50)
DISCEPT
(98 = 48 + 50)
CRISPED
(98 = 48 + 50)
DEPICTS
(98 = 48 + 50)
PREDICT
(98 = 48 + 50)
RIPCORD
(95 = 45 + 50)
PREDICT
(95 = 45 + 50)
DISCEPT
(95 = 45 + 50)
CRISPED
(95 = 45 + 50)
DEPICTS
(95 = 45 + 50)
CRISPED
(95 = 45 + 50)
DEPICTS
(95 = 45 + 50)
RIPCORD
(95 = 45 + 50)
DISCEPT
(95 = 45 + 50)
PREDICT
(95 = 45 + 50)
DISCEPT
(95 = 45 + 50)
RIPCORD
(95 = 45 + 50)
POETICS
(94 = 44 + 50)
PRICERS
(94 = 44 + 50)
TROPICS
(94 = 44 + 50)
TRICEPS
(94 = 44 + 50)
CRISPER
(94 = 44 + 50)
COPIERS
(94 = 44 + 50)
TROPICS
(92 = 42 + 50)
TRICEPS
(92 = 42 + 50)
PRICERS
(92 = 42 + 50)
COPIERS
(92 = 42 + 50)
PRICERS
(92 = 42 + 50)
PREDICT
(92 = 42 + 50)
COPIERS
(92 = 42 + 50)
TROPICS
(92 = 42 + 50)
DEPICTS
(92 = 42 + 50)
POETICS
(92 = 42 + 50)
POETICS
(92 = 42 + 50)
TRICEPS
(92 = 42 + 50)
PREDICT
(92 = 42 + 50)
RIPCORD
(92 = 42 + 50)
TRICEPS
(92 = 42 + 50)
PRICERS
(92 = 42 + 50)
TROPICS
(92 = 42 + 50)
DISCEPT
(92 = 42 + 50)
CRISPED
(92 = 42 + 50)
CRISPER
(92 = 42 + 50)
CRISPER
(92 = 42 + 50)
STRIPED
(90 = 40 + 50)
DEPOSIT
(90 = 40 + 50)
DIOPTRE
(90 = 40 + 50)
TRIPODS
(90 = 40 + 50)
PERIODS
(90 = 40 + 50)
POSITED
(90 = 40 + 50)
DOPIEST
(90 = 40 + 50)
DEPORTS
(90 = 40 + 50)
SPORTED
(90 = 40 + 50)
DIRECTS
(90 = 40 + 50)
COEDITS
(90 = 40 + 50)
PERIDOT
(90 = 40 + 50)
TRIPEDS
(90 = 40 + 50)
CEROIDS
(90 = 40 + 50)
TORPIDS
(90 = 40 + 50)
DIOPTER
(90 = 40 + 50)
SPIRTED
(90 = 40 + 50)
TOPSIDE
(90 = 40 + 50)
RECORDS
(90 = 40 + 50)
CREDITS
(90 = 40 + 50)
CEROIDS
(89 = 39 + 50)
DEPORTS
(89 = 39 + 50)
TRIPODS
(89 = 39 + 50)
RIPCORD
(89 = 39 + 50)
PREDICT
(89 = 39 + 50)
DISCEPT
(89 = 39 + 50)
SPORTED
(89 = 39 + 50)
DEPOSIT
(89 = 39 + 50)
CRISPED
(89 = 39 + 50)
RIPCORD
(89 = 39 + 50)
RIPCORD
(89 = 39 + 50)
STRIPED
(89 = 39 + 50)
DIOPTER
(89 = 39 + 50)
DIOPTRE
(89 = 39 + 50)
TRIPEDS
(89 = 39 + 50)
PREDICT
(89 = 39 + 50)
RIPCORD
(89 = 39 + 50)
PREDICT
(89 = 39 + 50)
CREDITS
(89 = 39 + 50)
DIOPTRE
(89 = 39 + 50)
DIOPTER
(89 = 39 + 50)
PREDICT
(89 = 39 + 50)
CRISPED
(89 = 39 + 50)
PERIDOT
(89 = 39 + 50)
DEPICTS
(89 = 39 + 50)
TORPIDS
(89 = 39 + 50)
DEPICTS
(89 = 39 + 50)
CRISPED
(89 = 39 + 50)
TOPSIDE
(89 = 39 + 50)
DISCEPT
(89 = 39 + 50)
TORPIDS
(89 = 39 + 50)
SPIRTED
(89 = 39 + 50)
CRISPED
(89 = 39 + 50)
DEPICTS
(89 = 39 + 50)
DISCEPT
(89 = 39 + 50)
RECORDS
(89 = 39 + 50)
DEPICTS
(89 = 39 + 50)
DISCEPT
(89 = 39 + 50)
TRIPODS
(89 = 39 + 50)
DEPICTS
(89 = 39 + 50)
DIRECTS
(89 = 39 + 50)
PERIODS
(89 = 39 + 50)
POSITED
(89 = 39 + 50)
COEDITS
(89 = 39 + 50)
DOPIEST
(89 = 39 + 50)
TRIPEDS
(89 = 39 + 50)
CRISPED
(89 = 39 + 50)
POSITED
(86 = 36 + 50)
POETICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CRISPER
(86 = 36 + 50)
CRISPER
(86 = 36 + 50)
CRISPER
(86 = 36 + 50)
SPIRTED
(86 = 36 + 50)
POETICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
ROPIEST
(86 = 36 + 50)
TRIPEDS
(86 = 36 + 50)
STRIPER
(86 = 36 + 50)
PORTERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
ROPIEST
(86 = 36 + 50)
PORTERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
PREDICT
(86 = 36 + 50)
STRIPER
(86 = 36 + 50)
CRISPER
(86 = 36 + 50)
CRISPED
(86 = 36 + 50)
CREDITS
(86 = 36 + 50)
RIPCORD
(86 = 36 + 50)
CROSIER
(86 = 36 + 50)
CROSIER
(86 = 36 + 50)
RECTORS
(86 = 36 + 50)
PRICERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TORPIDS
(86 = 36 + 50)
COEDITS
(86 = 36 + 50)
REPORTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
PRICERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
PRICERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
DEPICTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
DEPICTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
REPORTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TRICEPS
(86 = 36 + 50)
RECORDS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TRICEPS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CREDITS
(86 = 36 + 50)
RECTORS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TOPSIDE
(86 = 36 + 50)
TRICEPS
(86 = 36 + 50)
DEPICTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
RIPCORD
(86 = 36 + 50)
PRICERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
PRICERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TRICEPS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CRISPER
(86 = 36 + 50)
TRICEPS
(86 = 36 + 50)
DEPOSIT
(86 = 36 + 50)
PRESORT
(86 = 36 + 50)
PRESORT
(86 = 36 + 50)
CRISPED
(86 = 36 + 50)
DEPORTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CRISPER
(86 = 36 + 50)
COPIERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TRIPODS
(86 = 36 + 50)
SPORTED
(86 = 36 + 50)
COPIERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
POETICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
COEDITS
(86 = 36 + 50)
DIOPTRE
(86 = 36 + 50)
PERIODS
(86 = 36 + 50)
DISCEPT
(86 = 36 + 50)
TROPICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
DIOPTER
(86 = 36 + 50)
POETICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
DIRECTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TROPICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
PREDICT
(86 = 36 + 50)
DISCEPT
(86 = 36 + 50)
POETICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
EROTICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
COPIERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
EROTICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TROPICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CEROIDS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TROPICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
COPIERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
COPIERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
PERIDOT
(86 = 36 + 50)
POETICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
DOPIEST
(86 = 36 + 50)
STRIPED
(86 = 36 + 50)
COPIERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TROPICS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TROPICS
(84 = 34 + 50)
POETICS
(84 = 34 + 50)
DEPICTS
(84 = 34 + 50)

descriptor in Words With Friends™

The word descriptor 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™ Plays In The Letters descriptor:

DESCRIPTOR
(243)
DESCRIPTOR
(243)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (50 words)

ceroids, coedits, copiers, credits, crisped, crisper, crosier, depicts, deports, deposit, diopter, dioptre, directs, discept, dopiest, editors, erotics, peridot, periods, poetics, porters, posited, predict, presort, pricers, records, rectors, reports, rioters, ripcord, roisted, roister, ropiest, sortied, spirted, sported, steroid, stirred, storied, strider, stridor, striped, striper, tierods, topside, torpids, triceps, tripeds, tripods, tropics

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word descriptor

DESCRIPTOR
(243)
DESCRIPTOR
(243)
DESCRIPTOR
(150)
DESCRIPTOR
(150)
DESCRIPTOR
(81)
DESCRIPTOR
(81)
DESCRIPTOR
(76)
DESCRIPTOR
(72)
DESCRIPTOR
(72)
DESCRIPTOR
(72)
DESCRIPTOR
(72)
DESCRIPTOR
(72)
DESCRIPTOR
(68)
DESCRIPTOR
(68)
DESCRIPTOR
(63)
DESCRIPTOR
(63)
DESCRIPTOR
(46)
DESCRIPTOR
(46)
DESCRIPTOR
(42)
DESCRIPTOR
(42)
DESCRIPTOR
(42)
DESCRIPTOR
(42)
DESCRIPTOR
(38)
DESCRIPTOR
(38)
DESCRIPTOR
(34)
DESCRIPTOR
(34)
DESCRIPTOR
(34)
DESCRIPTOR
(34)
DESCRIPTOR
(27)
DESCRIPTOR
(27)
DESCRIPTOR
(24)
DESCRIPTOR
(24)
DESCRIPTOR
(24)
DESCRIPTOR
(23)
DESCRIPTOR
(23)
DESCRIPTOR
(23)
DESCRIPTOR
(23)
DESCRIPTOR
(22)
DESCRIPTOR
(22)
DESCRIPTOR
(20)
DESCRIPTOR
(20)
DESCRIPTOR
(20)
DESCRIPTOR
(19)
DESCRIPTOR
(19)
DESCRIPTOR
(19)
DESCRIPTOR
(19)

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

DESCRIPTOR
(243)
DESCRIPTOR
(243)
DESCRIPTOR
(150)
DESCRIPTOR
(150)
DISCEPT
(125 = 90 + 35)
TRICEPS
(122 = 87 + 35)
COPIERS
(122 = 87 + 35)
TROPICS
(122 = 87 + 35)
CRISPED
(113 = 78 + 35)
PREDICT
(113 = 78 + 35)
DEPICTS
(113 = 78 + 35)
RIPCORD
(107 = 72 + 35)
PREDICT
(107 = 72 + 35)
DISCEPT
(107 = 72 + 35)
RIPCORD
(107 = 72 + 35)
RIPCORD
(107 = 72 + 35)
CRISPED
(107 = 72 + 35)
DEPICTS
(107 = 72 + 35)
CRISPER
(104 = 69 + 35)
DEPOSIT
(104 = 69 + 35)
PRICERS
(104 = 69 + 35)
PRICERS
(104 = 69 + 35)
TROPICS
(104 = 69 + 35)
POETICS
(104 = 69 + 35)
DOPIEST
(104 = 69 + 35)
TRIPODS
(104 = 69 + 35)
DEPORTS
(104 = 69 + 35)
TRICEPS
(104 = 69 + 35)
TORPIDS
(104 = 69 + 35)
TRIPEDS
(104 = 69 + 35)
POETICS
(104 = 69 + 35)
CRISPER
(104 = 69 + 35)
STRIPED
(104 = 69 + 35)
PRICERS
(104 = 69 + 35)
RIPCORD
(101 = 66 + 35)
RIPCORD
(101 = 66 + 35)
PREDICT
(101 = 66 + 35)
DISCEPT
(101 = 66 + 35)
DISCEPT
(101 = 66 + 35)
CRISPED
(101 = 66 + 35)
PREDICT
(101 = 66 + 35)
DISCEPT
(101 = 66 + 35)
TRIPEDS
(98 = 63 + 35)
RECORDS
(98 = 63 + 35)
PERIODS
(98 = 63 + 35)
COPIERS
(98 = 63 + 35)
DIOPTRE
(98 = 63 + 35)
CRISPER
(98 = 63 + 35)
DIRECTS
(98 = 63 + 35)
TRIPODS
(98 = 63 + 35)
TRICEPS
(98 = 63 + 35)
SPORTED
(98 = 63 + 35)
PRICERS
(98 = 63 + 35)
TRICEPS
(98 = 63 + 35)
CREDITS
(98 = 63 + 35)
DIOPTER
(98 = 63 + 35)
COEDITS
(98 = 63 + 35)
POETICS
(98 = 63 + 35)
TRICEPS
(98 = 63 + 35)
SPIRTED
(98 = 63 + 35)
TROPICS
(98 = 63 + 35)
POSITED
(98 = 63 + 35)
TROPICS
(98 = 63 + 35)
TOPSIDE
(98 = 63 + 35)
PRICERS
(98 = 63 + 35)
TROPICS
(98 = 63 + 35)
PRICERS
(98 = 63 + 35)
PERIDOT
(98 = 63 + 35)
DIOPTRE
(98 = 63 + 35)
POETICS
(98 = 63 + 35)
DIOPTER
(98 = 63 + 35)
TORPIDS
(98 = 63 + 35)
CEROIDS
(98 = 63 + 35)
PREDICT
(95 = 60 + 35)
PORTERS
(95 = 60 + 35)
DISCEPT
(95 = 60 + 35)
EROTICS
(95 = 60 + 35)
REPORTS
(95 = 60 + 35)
RECTORS
(95 = 60 + 35)
ROPIEST
(95 = 60 + 35)
RIPCORD
(95 = 60 + 35)
STRIPER
(95 = 60 + 35)
CROSIER
(95 = 60 + 35)
PRESORT
(95 = 60 + 35)
TRIPODS
(92 = 57 + 35)
DIOPTRE
(92 = 57 + 35)
SPIRTED
(92 = 57 + 35)
DIOPTER
(92 = 57 + 35)
TORPIDS
(92 = 57 + 35)
COEDITS
(92 = 57 + 35)
DIOPTER
(92 = 57 + 35)
TRIPODS
(92 = 57 + 35)
DIOPTRE
(92 = 57 + 35)
PERIODS
(92 = 57 + 35)
TRIPEDS
(92 = 57 + 35)
POSITED
(92 = 57 + 35)
CEROIDS
(92 = 57 + 35)
PERIDOT
(92 = 57 + 35)
SPORTED
(92 = 57 + 35)
TRIPEDS
(92 = 57 + 35)
TORPIDS
(92 = 57 + 35)
CREDITS
(92 = 57 + 35)
DEPICTS
(91 = 56 + 35)
PREDICT
(91 = 56 + 35)
DEPICTS
(91 = 56 + 35)
RIPCORD
(91 = 56 + 35)
RIPCORD
(91 = 56 + 35)
PREDICT
(91 = 56 + 35)
DISCEPT
(91 = 56 + 35)
DISCEPT
(91 = 56 + 35)
RIPCORD
(91 = 56 + 35)
PREDICT
(91 = 56 + 35)
DEPICTS
(91 = 56 + 35)
CRISPED
(91 = 56 + 35)
CRISPED
(91 = 56 + 35)
CRISPED
(91 = 56 + 35)
DISCEPT
(91 = 56 + 35)
CROSIER
(89 = 54 + 35)
PREDICT
(89 = 54 + 35)
DEPICTS
(89 = 54 + 35)
DEPICTS
(89 = 54 + 35)
CRISPED
(89 = 54 + 35)
CRISPED
(89 = 54 + 35)
DISCEPT
(89 = 54 + 35)
DEPICTS
(89 = 54 + 35)
PORTERS
(89 = 54 + 35)
CRISPED
(89 = 54 + 35)
DISCEPT
(89 = 54 + 35)
RIPCORD
(89 = 54 + 35)
EROTICS
(89 = 54 + 35)
PRESORT
(89 = 54 + 35)
PREDICT
(89 = 54 + 35)
PREDICT
(89 = 54 + 35)
TRICEPS
(87 = 52 + 35)
CRISPER
(87 = 52 + 35)
COPIED
(87)
TROPICS
(87 = 52 + 35)
PRICERS
(87 = 52 + 35)
POETICS
(87 = 52 + 35)
COPIERS
(87 = 52 + 35)
POETICS
(87 = 52 + 35)
COPIERS
(87 = 52 + 35)
CRISPER
(87 = 52 + 35)
TRICEPS
(87 = 52 + 35)
TRICEPS
(87 = 52 + 35)
PRICERS
(87 = 52 + 35)
PRICERS
(87 = 52 + 35)
TROPICS
(87 = 52 + 35)
CRISPER
(87 = 52 + 35)
COPIERS
(87 = 52 + 35)
POETICS
(87 = 52 + 35)
TROPICS
(87 = 52 + 35)
PRICERS
(86 = 51 + 35)
DIOPTRE
(86 = 51 + 35)
POETICS
(86 = 51 + 35)
TRICEPS
(86 = 51 + 35)
CRISPER
(86 = 51 + 35)
TRICEPS
(86 = 51 + 35)
POETICS
(86 = 51 + 35)
PERIDOT
(86 = 51 + 35)
CREDITS
(86 = 51 + 35)
POSITED
(86 = 51 + 35)
CREDITS
(86 = 51 + 35)
TOPSIDE
(86 = 51 + 35)
TROPICS
(86 = 51 + 35)
CRISPER
(86 = 51 + 35)
RECORDS
(86 = 51 + 35)
CEROIDS
(86 = 51 + 35)
PERIODS
(86 = 51 + 35)
SPORTED
(86 = 51 + 35)
SPIRTED
(86 = 51 + 35)
COPIERS
(86 = 51 + 35)
COPIERS
(86 = 51 + 35)
COEDITS
(86 = 51 + 35)
COPIERS
(86 = 51 + 35)
TROPICS
(86 = 51 + 35)
DIRECTS
(86 = 51 + 35)
COEDITS
(86 = 51 + 35)
DIOPTER
(86 = 51 + 35)
TROPIC
(84)
COPIES
(84)
COPIER
(84)
COPTER
(84)
TRICEP
(84)
DISCEPT
(83 = 48 + 35)
PREDICT
(83 = 48 + 35)
CRISPED
(83 = 48 + 35)
RIPCORD
(83 = 48 + 35)
CRISPED
(83 = 48 + 35)
PREDICT
(83 = 48 + 35)
CRISPED
(83 = 48 + 35)
DEPICTS
(83 = 48 + 35)
CRISPED
(83 = 48 + 35)
DISCEPT
(83 = 48 + 35)
DEPICTS
(83 = 48 + 35)
RIPCORD
(83 = 48 + 35)
RIPCORD
(83 = 48 + 35)
DEPICTS
(83 = 48 + 35)
DEPICTS
(83 = 48 + 35)
DEPICTS
(83 = 48 + 35)

Words within the letters of descriptor

2 letter words in descriptor (11 words)

9 letter words in descriptor (6 words)

10 letter words in descriptor (Anagrams) (2 words)

descriptor + 1 blank (4 words)

descriptor + 2 blanks (2 words)

Words containing the sequence descriptor

Words that start with descriptor (3 words)

Words with descriptor in them (1 word)

Words that end with descriptor (1 word)

Word Growth involving descriptor

Shorter words in descriptor

or

rip scrip script

to

Longer words containing descriptor

descriptors

descriptory