Unscramble DETENTISTS and you have 263 words, DETENTISTS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
D2E1T1E1N12T1I1S1T1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DETENTISTS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 8 with 8, 22 with 7, 52 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 43 with 3 and 16 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in DETENTISTS: DETENTIST, 10 points.
Of the 22 7-letter words from DETENTISTS, 17 score 8 points, the group's best. DENTIST and DISSENT are the ones most people know.
32 of 52 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DETENTISTS tie at 7 points; none scores more. TESTED, NESTED and DENIES will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words made with DETENTISTS letters, 43 score 6 points, the group's best. NEEDS, SENSE and SIDES are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DETENTISTS; 40 of them share the top score of 5. NEED, SEND and SIDE are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of DETENTISTS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in TS · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DENTISTS, DESTINES, DINETTES and INSETTED (9 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: DETENTISTS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETENTISTS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 263) | 187 | 263 | 168 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 76 of them: DISTENTS, DESINES, DISNEST, STEINED, STENTED, TEDIEST, DENETS, DESINE, EIDENT, NETTIES, SDEINS, SEDENT and 64 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: DETENTISTS, DETENTIST, IDENTS, DESIS, IDENT, SENSEI, STENTS, TENESI, DENI, DESI, ESNES, SENES and 7 more.
With one more tile, the letters of DETENTISTS spell the words below.