desolate

1. Barren; lifeless: the rocky, desolate surface of the moon.

2. Bereft of friends or hope; sad and forlorn. See Synonyms at sad.

3. Devoid of inhabitants; deserted: "streets which were usually so thronged now grown desolate” ( Daniel Defoe).

4. Dreary; dismal.

5. Rendered unfit for habitation or use: the desolate cities of war-torn Europe.

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1. To lay waste.

2. To make wretched .

3. To deprive of inhabitants.

4. to make desolate.

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1. To forsake; abandon.

2. To lay waste; devastate: "Here we have no wars to desolate our fields” ( Michel Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur).

3. To make lonely, forlorn, or wretched.

4. To rid or deprive of inhabitants.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
desolate	9	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ad	3
ae	2
al	2
as	2
at	2
da	3
de	3
do	3
ed	3
el	2
es	2
et	2
la	2
lo	2
od	3
oe	2
os	2
so	2
ta	2
te	2
to	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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ted	4
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tel	3
tes	3
tod	4
toe	3
ats	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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told	5
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5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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telos	5
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toeas	5
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toles	5
tsade	6

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aldose	7
delate	7
deltas	7
desalt	7
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elates	6
eldest	7
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leased	7
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osteal	6
salted	7
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seated	7
sedate	7
slated	7
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staled	7
stelae	6
stoled	7
teased	7
teasel	6

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
delates	8
elodeas	8
oleates	7
solated	8

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
desolate	9