Meaning
- (verb) To deprive of inhabitants.
- (verb) To devastate or lay waste somewhere.
- (verb) To abandon or forsake something.
- (verb) To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.
Letter breakdown
- Desolates contains 9 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 4.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 10.
Words from these letters
- desolate
- tasseled
- lassoed
- sedates
- teasels
- deltas
- easels
- elated
- elates
- eldest
- lasted
- leased
- leases
- oldest
- salted
- sealed
- seated
- sedate
- slated
- slates
- sleets
- staled
- stales
- steads
- steals
- steeds
- steels
- stoles
- tassel
- teased
- teasel
- teases
- tossed
- aloes
- altos
- asset
- dales
- dates
- deals
- dealt
- delta
- doles
- dolts
- doses
- dotes
- eased
- easel
- eases
- elate
- lades
- lased
- lases
- lasso
- lasts
- leads
- lease
- least
- loads
- lodes
Connected words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with DES
- desalinate
- desalinated
- desalinates
- desalinating
- desalination
- descant
- descanted
- descanting
- descants
- descend
- descendant
- descendants
- descended
- descendent
- descendents
- descender
- descending
- descends
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Words ending with TES
Reader questions
What does Desolates mean?
To deprive of inhabitants.
How many letters are in Desolates?
Desolates has 9 letters.
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