Possible Words From detents
Counting the words from DETENTS by length: 2 with 7 letters, 12 with 6, 26 with 5, 39 with 4, 20 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
7 Letter Words You Can Make with detents
2 words · top score 8 (+50 for all 7 tiles)
DETENTS and 1 anagram, STENTED, make up the 7-letter words in DETENTS; each scores 8 points.
6 Letter Words You Can Make with detents
12 words · top score 7 · everyday: TESTED, NESTED, TENTED
11 of 12 6-letter words made with DETENTS letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. TESTED, NESTED and TENTED will look familiar.
5 Letter Words You Can Make with detents
26 words · top score 6 · everyday: NEEDS, TEENS, DENSE
26 5-letter words from DETENTS; 13 of them share the top score of 6. NEEDS, TEENS and DENSE are everyday picks.
4 Letter Words You Can Make with detents
39 words · top score 5 · everyday: NEED, SEND, TEEN
16 of 39 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DETENTS tie at 5 points; none scores more. NEED, SEND and TEEN will look familiar.
3 Letter Words You Can Make with detents
20 words · top score 4 · everyday: SEE, SET, END
20 3-letter words in DETENTS; 7 of them share the top score of 4. SEE, SET and END are everyday picks.
2 Letter Words You Can Make with detents
9 words · top score 3
The 2-letter words made with DETENTS letters are led by DE and ED, 3 points each.
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Change One Tile in DETENTS
Keep every letter of DETENTS but one, change that one, and you get:
- N L gives SETTLED · words from settled
- S I gives DINETTE · words from dinette
- E U gives STUDENT · words from student
- T L gives NESTLED · unscramble nestled
- N A gives ESTATED · unscramble estated
- T U gives DETUNES · words from detunes
More 7-letter words: starting with DE · ending in TS · all 7-letter words
What the Best DETENTS Words Mean
DETENTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
- DETENTS 8 · 9
- a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
- DETENT 7 · 8
- a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
- DETEST 7 · 7
- dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
- NESTED 7 · 8
- to build a structure for holding bird eggs
- NETTED 7 · 8
- having open interstices or resembling a web
- TENSED 7 · 8
- having inflections to indicate tense
- TENTED 7 · 8
- to live in a type of portable shelter
- TESTED 7 · 7
- tested and proved useful or correct
Can You Play DETENTS in Scrabble and Words With Friends?
DETENTS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETENTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 108) | 74 | 108 | 70 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: STENTED, DENETS, SEDENT, SENTED, TEENDS, DEENS, DENET, SNEED, STEDE, STEND, TEEND, DEEN and 22 more, 34 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EDS, EST, TES and TE, 4 in all.
Unscramble DETENTS and you have 108 words, DETENTS itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 8 points: STENTED. 11 shorter words score 7, among them TESTED, NESTED and TENTED. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of DETENTS at once for 58 in Scrabble (8 + 50) or 44 in Words With Friends (9 + 35).
Longer Words Built on DETENTS
These 6 words take every letter of DETENTS plus a single extra one.