Descent
Descent is a valid word in word games.
- Tile score
- 10 points
- Letters
- 7
- Syllables
- 2
- How common
- Less common
Meaning of descent
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nounA movement downward.
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nounProperties attributable to your ancestry.
“he comes from good origins”
Similar: origin , extraction
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nounThe act of changing your location in a downward direction.
Definitions from WordNet 3.0, Princeton University.
Anagrams of descent
- scented10
Words inside descent
Words of three letters or more made from its letters, longest first.
- decent9
- nested7
- tensed7
- censed9
- needs6
- cents7
- scene7
- teens5
- tends6
- dense6
- scent7
- tense5
- cedes8
- deets6
- denes6
- dents6
- sente5
- steed6
- cense7
- cetes7
- scend8
- need5
- seen4
- send5
- sent4
- cent6
- ends5
- nest4
- seed5
- teen4
- tend5
- dent5
- nets4
- sect6
- tees4
- tens4
- cede7
- cees6
- dees5
- deet5
Words that rhyme with descent
- sent
- spent
- went
- cent
- kent
- meant
- rent
- tent
- bent
- brent
- dent
- gent
- lent
- scent
- vent
- pent
- event
- percent
- accent
- consent
- extent
- intent
- prevent
- ascent
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