Is DESOLATINGLY a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DESOLATINGLY is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
Points
17
Scrabble
20
Words With Friends
12
Letters
D (2) + E (1) + S (1) + O (1) + L (1) + A (1) + T (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) + L (1) + Y (4) = 17 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Definition
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See the definition of DesolatinglyHooks for DESOLATINGLY
DESOLATINGLY has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from DESOLATINGLY
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- steadying14
- yodelling14
- genitally13
- lastingly13
- teasingly13
- dallying13
- delaying13
- dollying13
- dotingly13
- goldenly13
- idealogy13
- stodgily13
- toadying13
- yodeling13
- desolating12
- loyalties12
- saliently12
- alloying12
- antilogy12
- dentally12
- disloyal12
- distally12
- dystonia12
- genially12
- langleys12
- legality12
- losingly12
- nodality12
- oldstyle12
- sallying12
- signally12
- slangily12
- sodality12
- steadily12
- stolidly12
- tallying12
- toylands12
- yealings12
- yeasting12
- yellings12
- daylong12
- dingeys12
- dyeings12
- gelidly12
- godlily12
- yodling12
- alongside11
- dangliest11
- desalting11
- gladliest11
- gladstone11
- signalled11
- anolytes11
- lanosity11
- loyalest11
- loyalist11
- silently11
- tinselly11
- adenyls11
- agilely11
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