Possible Words From detents
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.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
4 Letter Words You Can Make with detents
Change One Tile in DETENTS
Keep every letter of DETENTS but one, change that one, and you get:
- N L gives SETTLED · words from settled
- S I gives DINETTE · words from dinette
- E U gives STUDENT · words from student
- T L gives NESTLED · unscramble nestled
- N A gives ESTATED · unscramble estated
- T U gives DETUNES · words from detunes
More 7-letter words: starting with DE · ending in TS · all 7-letter words
What the Best DETENTS Words Mean
DETENTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
- DETENTS 8 · 9
- a locking or unlocking mechanism
- DETENT 7 · 8
- a locking or unlocking mechanism
- DETEST 7 · 7
- to dislike intensely
- NESTED 7 · 8
- to build a structure for holding bird eggs
- NETTED 7 · 8
- to catch in a type of openwork fabric
- TENSED 7 · 8
- to make tense
- TENTED 7 · 8
- to live in a type of portable shelter
- TESTED 7 · 7
- to evaluate by an examination
Can You Play DETENTS in Scrabble and Words With Friends?
DETENTS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETENTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 108) | 74 | 108 | 70 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
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*: EDS, EST, TES and TE, 4 in all.
Longer Words Built on DETENTS
These 6 words take every letter of DETENTS plus a single extra one.