Unscramble DETENUS and you have 151 words, DETENUS itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 8 points: DETUNES. 13 shorter words score 7, among them NESTED, ENSUED and ETUDES. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. DETENUS as a single 7-tile play makes 58 in Scrabble, 8 plus the 50 bonus, and 45 in Words With Friends (10 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DETENUS split into 2 with 7 letters, 14 with 6, 39 with 5, 51 with 4, 32 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Among 39 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DETENUS, the top score is 6, reached by 25. NEEDS, TEENS and TUNES are the familiar ones.
29 of 51 4-letter words from DETENUS tie at 5 points; none scores more. USED, NEED and SEND will look familiar.
Trade one tile of DETENUS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with DE · ending in US · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DETUNES (8 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts DETENUS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETENUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 151) | 111 | 151 | 98 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DETENUS, DENETS, DETENU, SEDENT, SENTED, TEENDS, DEENS, DENET, SNEED, STEDE, STEND, STUDE and 28 more, 40 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DETUNES, DETUNE, TENDUS, TENDU, SUETE, UNSEE, EDS, ESNE, UTES, EST, TES, UTE and 1 more, 13 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of DETENUS plus a single extra one.