DESCENT — 7 letter word
descent
The word descent has 7 letters: D, E, S, C, E, N, T. It contains 2 vowels and 5 consonants. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Descent has 1 anagram: scented. As a noun, it means "the act of changing your location in a downward direction".
7 letter word "descent": D E S C E N T — noun
Scrabble score: 10 Words With Friends score: 12
Letter analysis of descent
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| D | 1 | Consonant | 2 |
| E | 2 | Vowel | 1 |
| S | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| C | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
| N | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| T | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
2 vowels, 5 consonants, 6 unique letters
Definition of descent
noun
- the act of changing your location in a downward direction
- properties attributable to your ancestry Synonyms: extraction, origin
- a movement downward Synonyms: fall
- the descendants of one individual Synonyms: line, stock, blood, ancestry, lineage
- a downward slope or bend Synonyms: fall
- the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors Synonyms: lineage, filiation, line of descent
Anagrams of descent(1)
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