Unscramble DETAINABLE and you have 310 words, DETAINABLE itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 11: 9 of them, BALADINE, BANDELET and BIDENTAL included. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DETAINABLE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 14 with 8, 24 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
ALIENATED is the only one of the 9-letter words in DETAINABLE; it scores 10 points.
Of the 24 7-letter words from DETAINABLE, 9 score 10 points, the group's best. ENABLED and BELATED are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DETAINABLE, the top score is 9, reached by 23. DETAIL, ENABLE and DENTAL are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words made with DETAINABLE letters, 24 score 8 points, the group's best. TABLE, DELTA and BLIND are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DETAINABLE; 15 of them share the top score of 7. BEEN, ABLE and BAND are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words from DETAINABLE, 6 score 6 points, the group's best. END, BAD and BIT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DETAINABLE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in LE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BIDENTAL, DATEABLE, DENIABLE, EDITABLE and LABIATED (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: DETAINABLE is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETAINABLE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 310) | 237 | 309 | 225 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
73 of the 310 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DETAINABLE, BALADINE, BANDELET, DEALBATE, DELIBATE, BALADIN, BENDLET, LIBATED, BANTED, BEINED, BIDENT, BLATED and 61 more. 12 of the 310 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BALDIE, ABLED, BANDA, BEEDI, LENITED, NIBLET, BALTI, BEAL, BAE, DAN, DA and TE. 1 of the 310 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: BINT.