Unscramble DETECTORS and you have 274 words, DETECTORS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2E1T1E1C34T1O1R1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DETECTORS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 8 with 8, 17 with 7, 58 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 16 with 2.
12 of 58 6-letter words from DETECTORS tie at 9 points; none scores more. STREET, SECTOR and SORTED will look familiar.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DETECTORS; 16 of them share the top score of 8. SCORE, CODES and DECOR are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with DETECTORS letters, 9 score 7 points, the group's best. DOES, CODE and COST are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DETECTORS are led by COD and DOC, 6 points each. SEE, SET and RED are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DETECTORS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in RS · all 9-letter words
DETECTORS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DETECTORS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETECTORS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 274) | 230 | 274 | 212 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: ESCOTTED, DECTETS, COTTED, DECTET, COSED, DETORTS, OTTERED, ROSETED, SCREET, SCROTE, COSTE, COTTS and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: ROSETTED, CREDS, CERTS, CRED, TETROSE, CERT, CORS, DORES, ECOS, RODES, TECS, ECO and 6 more.