Unscramble detours

Unscramble DETOURS and you have 224 words, DETOURS itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. It has 5 anagrams, each with the same 8 points: DOUREST, DOUTERS, OUTREDS, REDOUTS and ROUSTED. The best shorter words score 7: 22 of them, SORTED, STORED and ROUTED included. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of DETOURS in one turn: 58 in Scrabble (8 + 50), 44 in Words With Friends (9 + 35).

DROUTES unscrambles to DETOURS: these are all the words its letters make. Looking for sourted, souredt, sourdet, toursed, stoured, rousedt, routesd, studero, oduster or stouder? They use the same letters as DETOURS, so the words on this page are their answers too.

D2E1T1O1U12R1S1

Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.

Possible Words From detours

By length, the words from DETOURS split into 6 with 7 letters, 29 with 6, 56 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 19 with 2.

Word list

Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.

Filter
Sort

7 Letter Words You Can Make with detours

6 7-letter words in DETOURS use every letter: DETOURS and its 5 anagrams ROUSTED, REDOUTS, OUTREDS, DOUTERS and DOUREST, all with 8 points.

6 Letter Words You Can Make with detours

Of the 29 6-letter words made with DETOURS letters, 22 score 7 points, the group's best. SORTED, STORED and ROUTES are the ones most people know.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with detours

Among 56 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DETOURS, the top score is 6, reached by 34. STORE, TOURS and ROUTE are the familiar ones.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with detours

Of the 60 4-letter words from DETOURS, 44 score 5 points, the group's best. USED, DOES and REST are the ones most people know.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with detours

24 of 54 3-letter words made with DETOURS letters tie at 4 points; none scores more. OUT, USE and SET will look familiar.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with detours

Of the 19 2-letter words you get when you unscramble DETOURS, 4 score 3 points, the group's best. OR, US and DO are the ones most people know.

DETOURS With One Letter Changed

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

More 7-letter words: starting with DE · ending in RS · all 7-letter words

Meanings of the Strongest DETOURS Answers

DETOURS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.

Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends

DETOURS 8 · 9
to take an indirect route
DOUREST 8 · 9
showing a brooding ill humor or resentment
REDOUTS 8 · 9
a condition in which blood is driven to the head
ROUSTED 8 · 9
to arouse and drive out
DETOUR 7 · 8
to take an indirect route
DOTERS 7 · 7
one that dotes
DOUSER 7 · 8
one that douses
DUSTER 7 · 8
one that dusts

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

DETOURS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the Words With Friends list.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
DETOURS itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 224)179224170

* US: NWL2023. UK: Collins CSW24. Words With Friends' list can change.

Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DOUTERS, OUTREDS, DOUTER, OUTRED, ROSTED, TRODES, DEROS, DORSE, DORTS, ROTED, RUDES, STUDE and 33 more, 45 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DORES, DOUTS, RODES, SORED, DOUT, EDS, EST, TES and TE, 9 in all.

Add a Letter to DETOURS

These 12 words take every letter of DETOURS plus a single extra one.

NWL2023CSW24WWF2