What it means
- (noun) One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral person. “In the cult of degenerates, acts of decency, kindness and modesty could be seen as acts of apostasy.”
- (verb) To lose good or desirable qualities. “His condition continued to degenerate even after admission to hospital.”
- (verb) To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.
Letter analysis
- Degenerates contains 11 letters: 5 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 5.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 13.
Sub-words
- degenerate
- estranged
- generated
- generates
- renegades
- teenagers
- deranges
- dragnets
- eagerest
- estrange
- generate
- grandees
- grandest
- greenest
- grenades
- reagents
- renegade
- resented
- serenade
- sergeant
- steerage
- teenaged
- teenager
- angered
- dangers
- dearest
- degrees
- derange
- dragnet
- earnest
- eastern
- endears
- enraged
- enrages
- entered
- ganders
- gardens
- garnets
- genders
- grandee
- granted
- greased
- greened
- greeted
- grenade
- nearest
- negated
- negates
- reagent
- regents
- reneged
- reneges
- sedater
- sneered
- steered
- strange
- tasered
- teenage
- tenders
Related words
Other 11-letter words
- abandonment
- abbreviated
- abbreviates
- abdications
- aberrations
- abjurations
- abnormality
- abominating
- abomination
- aboriginals
- abortionist
- abracadabra
- abridgement
- abridgments
- abrogations
- absenteeism
- abstentions
- abstracting
Words starting with DEG
- degeneracy
- degenerate
- degenerated
- degenerating
- degeneration
- degenerative
- degradation
- degrade
- degraded
- degrades
- degrading
- degree
- degrees
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Words ending with TES
Common questions
What does Degenerates mean?
One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral person.
How many letters are in Degenerates?
Degenerates has 11 letters.
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