Definition of desirable

"desirable" in the adjective sense

1. desirable

worth having or seeking or achieving

"a desirable job"

"computer with many desirable features"

"a desirable outcome"

2. desirable, suitable, worthy

worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse

"the parents found the girl suitable for their son"

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Quotations for desirable

A youthful age is desirable, but aged youth is troublesome and grievous. [ Chilo ]

To have fame follow us is well, but it is not a desirable avant-courier. [ Balzac ]

Sometimes we must have love, either as a desirable good or an inevitable evil. [ Bussy-Rabutin ]

We think poverty to be infinitely desirable before the torments of covetousness. [ Jeremy Taylor ]

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. [ Plutarch ]

There can hardly, I believe, be imagined a more desirable pleasure than that of praise unmixed with any possibility of flattery. [ Steele ]

Music is a source of surpassing delight to many minds. From its power to soothe the feelings and modify the passions, it seems desirable to understand it. [ Mrs. Sigourney ]

Of the present state, whatever it be, we feel and are forced to confess the misery; yet when the same state is again at a distance, imagination paints it as desirable. [ Dr. Johnson ]

desirable in Scrabble®

The word desirable 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: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters desirable:

DESIRABLE
(117)
DESIRABLE
(117)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (30 words)

abiders, aediles, airbeds, beadier, bedares, bedlars, bedrail, brailed, braised, bridals, bridles, dealers, dearies, debaser, derails, derbies, dialers, disable, edibles, leaders, readies, realise, rebaled, rebales, rebased, redeals, redials, sabered, seabird, sidebar

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word desirable

DESIRABLE
(117)
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(117)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In desirable

DESIRABLE
(117)
DESIRABLE
(117)
DISABLE
(90 = 40 + 50)
BRIDLES
(90 = 40 + 50)
DEBASER
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BEADIER
(90 = 40 + 50)
BRIDALS
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EDIBLES
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BEDARES
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REBALED
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ABIDERS
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SIDEBAR
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AIRBEDS
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SABERED
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BRAILED
(90 = 40 + 50)
BEDLARS
(90 = 40 + 50)
REBASED
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BRAISED
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BEDRAIL
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SEABIRD
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DERBIES
(90 = 40 + 50)
REBALED
(89 = 39 + 50)
DEBASER
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AIRBEDS
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SEABIRD
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ABIDERS
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DISABLE
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DERBIES
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BRAISED
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DERBIES
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SABERED
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BRIDALS
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REBASED
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SIDEBAR
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BEADIER
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BRIDLES
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EDIBLES
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EDIBLES
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AIRBEDS
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BRAILED
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BEDLARS
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BEDRAIL
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SEABIRD
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BEDARES
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BRIDALS
(86 = 36 + 50)
BEADIER
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REBASED
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BEDARES
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REBALES
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BEDRAIL
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REBALES
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SEABIRD
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BRAISED
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ABIDERS
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BRIDLES
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REBALED
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ABIDERS
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SABERED
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DERBIES
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BEDLARS
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BRAILED
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SIDEBAR
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BRIDLES
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DISABLE
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BRIDALS
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EDIBLES
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BEADIER
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DEBASER
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AIRBEDS
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REBALED
(83 = 33 + 50)
AIRBEDS
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SIDEBAR
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BEDRAIL
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EDIBLES
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DEBASER
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REBALED
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BEDARES
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AIRBEDS
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REBALED
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REBALED
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BEDRAIL
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SIDEBAR
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DISABLE
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BRAISED
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DISABLE
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DISABLE
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DERBIES
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SABERED
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AIRBEDS
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SIDEBAR
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BRAILED
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ABIDERS
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SABERED
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BRIDLES
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BEADIER
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ABIDERS
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SIDEBAR
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BEDARES
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SEABIRD
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BRAISED
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BEADIER
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DEBASER
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BRIDALS
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DISABLE
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SEABIRD
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REBASED
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BEDRAIL
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BEDARES
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BEDARES
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DEBASER
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DERBIES
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BEDRAIL
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SEABIRD
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BEDLARS
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REDIALS
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DERAILS
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DISABLE
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AEDILES
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DEARIES
(82 = 32 + 50)
DIALERS
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ABIDERS
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REBALED
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SIDEBAR
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REBALES
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BEDLARS
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REBALES
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desirable in Words With Friends™

The word desirable 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: 14

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

DESIRABLE
(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (30 words)

abiders, aediles, airbeds, beadier, bedares, bedlars, bedrail, brailed, braised, bridals, bridles, dealers, dearies, debaser, derails, derbies, dialers, disable, edibles, leaders, readies, realise, rebaled, rebales, rebased, redeals, redials, sabered, seabird, sidebar

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word desirable

DESIRABLE
(162)
DESIRABLE
(96)
DESIRABLE
(96)
DESIRABLE
(72)
DESIRABLE
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DESIRABLE
(64)
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(15)
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(15)

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

DESIRABLE
(162)
BEDLARS
(107 = 72 + 35)
EDIBLES
(107 = 72 + 35)
BEDRAIL
(107 = 72 + 35)
AIRBEDS
(104 = 69 + 35)
ABIDERS
(104 = 69 + 35)
DEBASER
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BEDARES
(104 = 69 + 35)
BRAILED
(101 = 66 + 35)
BRIDALS
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BRIDLES
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EDIBLES
(101 = 66 + 35)
DISABLE
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REBALED
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BRAISED
(98 = 63 + 35)
AIRBEDS
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SABERED
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DERBIES
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DERBIES
(98 = 63 + 35)
SIDEBAR
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BEADIER
(98 = 63 + 35)
SEABIRD
(98 = 63 + 35)
REBALES
(98 = 63 + 35)
SEABIRD
(98 = 63 + 35)
REBASED
(98 = 63 + 35)
DESIRABLE
(96)
DESIRABLE
(96)
BRIDALS
(95 = 60 + 35)
BEDRAIL
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BRAILED
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BRIDLES
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BEDLARS
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EDIBLES
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REBALED
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EDIBLES
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ABIDERS
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BEADIER
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SEABIRD
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AIRBEDS
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BRAISED
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AIRBEDS
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SEABIRD
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DERBIES
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BEDARES
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BRIDLES
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BEDLARS
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DISABLE
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BEDRAIL
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EDIBLES
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REBASED
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SABERED
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REBALES
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DISABLE
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AEDILES
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SIDEBAR
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BRAISED
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BEADIER
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SIDEBAR
(79 = 44 + 35)
SEABIRD
(79 = 44 + 35)
SABERED
(79 = 44 + 35)

Words within the letters of desirable

2 letter words in desirable (11 words)

8 letter words in desirable (7 words)

9 letter words in desirable (1 word)

Words containing the sequence desirable

Words that start with desirable (3 words)

Words with desirable in them (3 words)

Words that end with desirable (4 words)

Word Growth involving desirable

Shorter words in desirable

ab able

sir

Longer words containing desirable

desirableness undesirableness

desirables undesirables

nondesirable

ultradesirable

undesirable undesirableness

undesirable undesirables