Scrabble & Words with friends points
- desolate is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
- desolate is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
- desolate is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10
Definition of desolate
- reduce in population (verb)
Synonyms
- depopulate
- providing no shelter or sustenance (adjective)
Examples
- the desolate surface of the moon
Synonyms
- bare
- barren
- bleak
- stark
- leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch (verb)
Synonyms
- abandon
- desert
- forsake
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb)
Synonyms
- devastate
- lay waste to
- ravage
- scourge
- waste
- crushed by grief (adjective)
Examples
- depressed and desolate of soul
- a low desolate wail
See definition of desolate in Merriam Webster