desert
VERBNOUN
/dɪ'zɜrt/
6 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH D
desert is a valid 6-letter word worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
D2E1S1E1R1T1
2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =7 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 14TRIPLE WORD → 21
MEANING
What does desert mean?
VERB · 3 SENSES
1
Desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army.
“If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
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2
Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch.
“The mother deserted her children”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
RELATED
3
Leave behind.
“the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period”
BROADER
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
Arid land with little or no vegetation.
BROADER
2
(usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment.
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