Unscramble DETAINING and you have 243 words, DETAINING itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DETAINING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 15 with 7, 47 with 6, 33 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
47 6-letter words from DETAINING; 18 of them share the top score of 8. DATING, ENDING and DINING are everyday picks.
Among 33 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DETAINING, the top score is 7, reached by 4. AGENT, GIANT and INDIE are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words in DETAINING; 10 of them share the top score of 6. DATE, EDIT and IDEA are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with DETAINING letters, 6 score 5 points, the group's best. GET, END and AGE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DETAINING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What DETAINING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DETAINING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETAINING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 243) | 180 | 243 | 165 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
63 of the 243 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TEINDING, DAINING, DANTING, TINDING, DAEING, DITING, GANNED, GANTED, DINNAE, EANING, INGINE, TAEING and 51 more. 15 of the 243 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NIDATING, INNAGE, NIDATE, TAGINE, ATIGI, IDENT, DENI, GEAN, GITE, INNIE, DAN, NEG and 3 more.
With one more tile, the letters of DETAINING spell the words below.