202 words come out when you unscramble DETECTION, starting with DETECTION itself: 12 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from DETECTION by length: 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 7, 32 with 6, 31 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Of the 32 6-letter words in DETECTION, 14 score 9 points, the group's best. NOTICE, DETECT and DECENT are the ones most people know.
8 of 31 5-letter words from DETECTION tie at 8 points; none scores more. NOTED, CITED and OCTET will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DETECTION, 12 score 7 points, the group's best. NEED, CODE and ONCE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words from DETECTION, CID, COD and DOC tie for first at 6 points. NOT, ONE and END are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of DETECTION for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ON · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CODEINE, CTENOID, DEONTIC, ENTICED, NOTICED and TINCTED (10 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DETECTION works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETECTION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 202) | 156 | 202 | 148 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CONDIE, COTTED, COTTID, DECTET, ENTOTIC, INCEDE, TICED, CIDE, COND, CTENE, DICT, DITONE and 34 more, 46 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ONCET, IDENT, DENI, DINO, ECO, TEC, OI and TE, 8 in all.
This word takes every letter of DETECTION plus a single extra one.