315 words come out when you unscramble DETOURING, starting with DETOURING itself: 11 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DETOURING split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 39 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2.
19 of 39 7-letter words in DETOURING tie at 9 points; none scores more. ROUTINE, ROUTING and IGNORED will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DETOURING, 33 score 8 points, the group's best. EDITOR, GROUND and IGNORE are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from DETOURING; 22 of them share the top score of 7. GUIDE, DOING and NOTED are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words in DETOURING, the top score is 6, reached by 12. DONE, EDIT and DRUG are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 3-letter words made with DETOURING letters tie at 5 points; none scores more. GET, END and GOT will look familiar.
Trade one tile of DETOURING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
DETOURING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DETOURING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETOURING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 315) | 243 | 314 | 225 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
71 of the 315 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DORTING, DROGUET, OUTREIGN, UNGORED, DEGOUT, DERING, DUGITE, DUNGER, ETOURDI, GRONED, GURNED, IODURET and 59 more. 19 of the 315 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DOUTING, DUETING, GOITRED, ROUTEING, RUNGED, GUNTER, OUTRIG, IDENT, RONDE, DENI, DINO, DOUT and 7 more. 1 of the 315 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NEGROID.
These 5 words take every letter of DETOURING plus a single extra one.