Definition of desolation

"desolation" in the noun sense

1. devastation, desolation

the state of being decayed or destroyed

2. bleakness, desolation, bareness, nakedness

a bleak and desolate atmosphere

"the nakedness of the landscape"

3. forlornness, loneliness, desolation

sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned

4. devastation, desolation

an event that results in total destruction

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Quotations for desolation

He who desires naught will always be free. [ Lefebvre-Laboulaye ]

Grace comes often clad in the dusky robe of desolation. [ Beaumont ]

Babylon in all its desolation is a sight not so awful as that of the human mind in ruins. [ Scorpe Davies ]

Who shall contend with time, - vanquished time, the conqueror of conquerors and lord of desolation? [ H. K. White ]

A loving heart carries with it, under every parallel of latitude, the warmth and light of the tropics. It plants its Eden in the wilderness and solitary place, and sows with flowers the gray desolation of rock and mosses. [ Whittier ]

desolation in Scrabble®

The word desolation 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® Plays In The Letters desolation:

DESOLATION
(108)
DESOLATION
(108)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (42 words)

adonise, anodise, daltons, delints, denials, dentals, dentils, destain, details, detains, dilates, donates, elastin, elation, entails, indoles, instead, isodont, isolate, leantos, lionets, loonies, lotions, nailset, noloads, noodles, oleosin, onloads, oolites, osteoid, sainted, salient, sealion, slanted, snailed, snooted, stained, stooled, stoolie, talonid, toenail, toonies

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word desolation

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

DESOLATION
(108)
DESOLATION
(108)
DALTONS
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INSTEAD
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SNAILED
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STOOLED
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STAINED
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DELINTS
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DENTALS
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OSTEOID
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ANODISE
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NOLOADS
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DILATES
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ADONISE
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OSTEOID
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ADONISE
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SAINTED
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SNOOTED
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STAINED
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INSTEAD
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DELINTS
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ANODISE
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SNAILED
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ONLOADS
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DENTILS
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DENIALS
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NOODLES
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DONATES
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DENTALS
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ISOLATE
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ENTAILS
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NAILSET
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STOOLIE
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ELATION
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SALIENT
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LOTIONS
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OOLITES
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LEANTOS
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OLEOSIN
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SEALION
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TOONIES
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ELASTIN
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LIONETS
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TOENAIL
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ISODONT
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OSTEOID
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desolation in Words With Friends™

The word desolation 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 desolation:

DESOLATION
(171)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (42 words)

adonise, anodise, daltons, delints, denials, dentals, dentils, destain, details, detains, dilates, donates, elastin, elation, entails, indoles, instead, isodont, isolate, leantos, lionets, loonies, lotions, nailset, noloads, noodles, oleosin, onloads, oolites, osteoid, sainted, salient, sealion, slanted, snailed, snooted, stained, stooled, stoolie, talonid, toenail, toonies

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word desolation

DESOLATION
(171)
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(153)
DESOLATION
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In desolation

DESOLATION
(171)
DESOLATION
(153)
DESOLATION
(90)
DESOLATION
(90)
SNAILED
(89 = 54 + 35)
DENTILS
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DENTALS
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NOLOADS
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DENIALS
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SLANTED
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TALONID
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DONATES
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ANODISE
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desolation + 1 blank (3 words)

Words containing the sequence desolation

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Words with desolation in them (1 word)

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