desperation

NOUN /,dɛspə'reɪʃən/
11 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH D

desperation is a valid 11-letter word worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
D2E1S1P3E1R1A1T1I1O1N1
2 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =14 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 28TRIPLE WORD → 42
MEANING

What does desperation mean?

NOUN · 2 SENSES
1

A state in which all hope is lost or absent.

“courage born of desperation”

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2

Desperate recklessness.

“it was a policy of desperation”

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