Unscramble DETENTS and you have 108 words, DETENTS itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 8 points: STENTED. 11 shorter words score 7, among them TESTED, NESTED and TENTED. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of DETENTS at once for 58 in Scrabble (8 + 50) or 44 in Words With Friends (9 + 35).
Looking for dentets, endsett or denstet? They use the same letters as DETENTS, so the words on this page are their answers too.
D2E1T1E1N12T1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DETENTS by length: 2 with 7 letters, 12 with 6, 26 with 5, 39 with 4, 20 with 3 and 9 with 2.
16 of 39 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DETENTS tie at 5 points; none scores more. NEED, SEND and TEEN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DETENTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with DE · ending in TS · all 7-letter words
DETENTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DETENTS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETENTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 108) | 74 | 108 | 68 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: STENTED, DENETS, SEDENT, SENTED, TEENDS, DEENS, DENET, SNEED, STEDE, STEND, TEEND, DEEN and 22 more, 34 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: STENT, EDS, ESNE, EST, TES and TE, 6 in all.
These 6 words take every letter of DETENTS plus a single extra one.