desolate: Information About The Word 'desolate'

desolate is an acceptable dictionary word for games like scrabble, words with friends, crossword, etc.

The word 'desolate' is made up of 8 letters.

Meanings:
  • (s) providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"
  • (s) pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment; "desolate and despairing"; "left forlorn"
  • (s) crushed by grief; "depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail"
  • (s) made uninhabitable; "upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare; "a wasted landscape"
  • (v) leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
  • (v) reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
  • (v) devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
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Using the word 'desolate' in Scrabble will fetch you 9 points while using it in Words with Friends will fetch you 10 points (without taking into consideration the effect of any multipliers).

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Words Ending With 'desolate'

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Words Starting With 'desolate'

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Words Containing 'desolate'

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Points in Scrabble for desolate9
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Number of Letters in desolate8
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