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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