Definition of despaired

"despaired" in the verb sense

1. despair

abandon hope give up hope lose heart

"Don't despair

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Quotations for despaired

Nothing is to be presumed on or despaired of. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

despaired in Scrabble®

The word despaired 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: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters despaired:

DESPAIRED
(144)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (17 words)

aspired, deaired, dearies, depside, derides, desired, despair, diapers, padders, paddies, praised, preside, readied, readies, resided, respade, speared

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word despaired

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

DESPAIRED
(144)
DESPAIRED
(126)
DESPAIRED
(96)
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despaired in Words With Friends™

The word despaired 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 despaired:

DESPAIRED
(216)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (17 words)

aspired, deaired, dearies, depside, derides, desired, despair, diapers, padders, paddies, praised, preside, readied, readies, resided, respade, speared

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word despaired

DESPAIRED
(216)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In despaired

DESPAIRED
(216)
DESPAIRED
(132)
PADDERS
(107 = 72 + 35)
DEPSIDE
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PADDIES
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DESPAIR
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PRESIDE
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DESPAIRED
(96)
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Words within the letters of despaired

2 letter words in despaired (10 words)

8 letter words in despaired (4 words)

9 letter words in despaired (1 word)

despaired + 1 blank (2 words)

Words containing the sequence despaired

Words that start with despaired (1 word)

Words with despaired in them (1 word)

Words that end with despaired (1 word)

Word Growth involving despaired

Shorter words in despaired

ai air pair despair

pa pair despair

pa spa despair

ai air aired paired

re ire ired aired paired

re red ired aired paired

ai air pair paired

pa pair paired

Longer words containing despaired

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