scend: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 8 letter points · starts with S · ends with D
Meaning of scend
noun
The rising motion of water as a wave passes; a surge; the upward angular displacement of a vessel, opposed to pitch, the correlative downward movement.
Listed forms: scends.
Source: Wiktionary — scend.
verb
- intransitive
To heave upward.
Listed forms: scends, scending, scended.
Source: Wiktionary — scend.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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verb
rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is scend in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of scend
S(1) + C(3) + E(1) + N(1) + D(2) = 8 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of scend
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from scend
14 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in scend. Showing up to 24, longest first.