Unscramble detentes

Unscramble DETENTES and you have 121 words, DETENTES itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 9 points: NEDETTES. Among the shorter answers, 5 reach 8 points, DETENTE, DETENTS and NEDETTE among them. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.

Looking for tendeste? They use the same letters as DETENTES, so the words on this page are their answers too.

D2E1T1E1N12T1E1S1

Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.

Possible Words From detentes

By length, the words from DETENTES split into 2 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 18 with 6, 28 with 5, 39 with 4, 20 with 3 and 9 with 2.

8 Letter Words You Can Make with detentes

2 8-letter words in DETENTES use every letter: DETENTES and its 1 anagram NEDETTES, all with 9 points.

7 Letter Words You Can Make with detentes

All 5 of the 7-letter words made with DETENTES letters score 8 points.

6 Letter Words You Can Make with detentes

13 of 18 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DETENTES tie at 7 points; none scores more. TESTED, NESTED and TENTED will look familiar.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with detentes

28 5-letter words from DETENTES; 13 of them share the top score of 6. NEEDS, TEENS and DENSE are everyday picks.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with detentes

Among 39 4-letter words in DETENTES, the top score is 5, reached by 16. NEED, SEND and TEEN are the familiar ones.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with detentes

7 of 20 3-letter words made with DETENTES letters tie at 4 points; none scores more. SEE, SET and END will look familiar.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with detentes

DE and ED share the top score of 3 among the 2-letter words you get when you unscramble DETENTES.

Neighbor Words of DETENTES

Keep every letter of DETENTES but one, change that one, and you get:

More 8-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 8-letter words

What the Best DETENTES Words Mean

What DETENTES means, then the 6 highest-scoring answers.

Scrabble · Words With Friends points

DETENTES 9 · 10
an easing of international tension
DETENTE 8 · 9
an easing of international tension
DETENTS 8 · 9
a locking or unlocking mechanism
DETENT 7 · 8
a locking or unlocking mechanism
DETEST 7 · 7
to dislike intensely
NESTED 7 · 8
to build a structure for holding bird eggs
NETTED 7 · 8
to catch in a type of openwork fabric

DETENTES in Scrabble and Words With Friends: Can You Play It?

Yes. DETENTES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
DETENTES itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 121)7812172

* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.

Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NEDETTES, NEDETTE, STEENED, STENTED, DENETS, NEESED, SEDENT, SENTED, TEENDS, TEENED, DEENS, DENET and 31 more, 43 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: STENT, EDS, ESNE, EST, TES and TE, 6 in all.

Add a Letter to DETENTES

With one more tile, the letters of DETENTES spell the words below.

NWL2023CSW24WWF2