Esperanto?

Or are we using scrabble rules?

despite

erudite

intrepid

persist

suspend

@Hazel. Why not keep.it as open as possible. Proper names allowed, but let's not have people's names.

Thank you for your explanation, teacher. But I see that the word " distress" has three "s" letters instead of two like they are in your post. I am confused a little bit at this point.

Here are my some words that I have found out:

SITUATION

EPISODE

RENDER

NEED

DO

TEEN

TEND

TREND

PET

TREE

SEED

DISUSED

I do not really understand the rule of the game. Could you explain it, teacher?

By the way, I have found some words that may work:

SOS

PRETEND

SEEN

EURO

NEAT

DESERT

DESSERT

Thank you for your help. Have a nice day!