Jumble solved
Unscramble DEPRESS — 81 words
The letters DEPRESS rearrange into 2 full anagrams and 81 words in total.
- Total words
- 81
- Full anagrams
- 2
- Longest answer
- 7 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 2 : 5
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 2 vowels (E, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 5 remaining consonants (D, P, R, S, S).
depress in a sentence
“To depress the pole (Naut.), to cause the sidereal pole to appear lower or nearer the horizon, as by sailing toward the equator.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of DEPRESS
2 words use all 7 letters — every full rearrangement of the scramble:
- depress
- pressed
7-letter words
2 words found- depress60
- pressed60
6-letter words
5 words found- perses8
- seders7
- speeds9
- speers8
- sprees8
5-letter words
25 words found- deeps8
- pedes8
- preed8
- speed8
- peers7
- peres7
- perse7
- prees7
- prese7
- press7
- seeps7
- speer7
- spree7
- deers6
- drees6
+ 10 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
27 words found- deep7
- deps7
- peds7
- peed7
- sped7
- peer6
- pees6
- pere6
- pree6
- reps6
- seep6
- seps6
- deer5
- dees5
- dere5
+ 12 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
16 words found- dep6
- ped6
- pee5
- per5
- pes5
- rep5
- dee4
- eds4
- red4
- ere3
- ers3
- ess3
- ree3
- res3
- see3
+ 1 more 3-letter word
2-letter words
6 words found- de3
- ed3
- er2
- es2
- pe4
- re2
Words hidden inside DEPRESS
Without moving a single letter, reading depress straight through uncovers 4 shorter words — press, dep, ess, res. The longest unbroken run is press.
- press7
- dep6
- ess3
- res3
Related jumbles to try
Same letters, different word: unscramble pressed.
Shorter words inside DEPRESS — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to DEPRESS
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and depress opens up 9 8-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
- depress60
- pressed60
- speeds9
- perses8
- speers8
- sprees8
- deeps8
- pedes8
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
7
Distinct
5
Vowels
29%
E, E
Consonants
71%
D, P, R, S, S
Solving DEPRESS: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters depress?
Rearranging the 7 letters in depress produces 81 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 7-letter answer depress here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does depress have any anagrams?
Using every one of the 7 letters, depress can be rearranged into 2 words: depress and pressed. These are full anagrams — each uses the same tiles in a different order.
What is the longest word you can make from depress?
The longest solutions run to 7 letters: depress and pressed. Reaching the full length means every one of those tiles is in play at once.
What are the easiest short words from depress?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: depress yields dee, dep, eds, ere, ers, ess, ped, pee, per and pes. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
How is the word "depress" used in a sentence?
Depress is itself a valid word. For example: "To depress the pole (Naut.), to cause the sidereal pole to appear lower or nearer the horizon, as by sailing toward the equator." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from depress scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, depress is the top scorer from depress at 60 points, followed by pressed (60), speeds (9) and perses (8). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside depress?
Read left to right without moving any letters and depress already contains 4 shorter words: press, dep, ess and res. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is press. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.