Unscramble detained

176 words come out when you unscramble DETAINED, starting with DETAINED itself: 10 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.

NEATEDID unscrambles to DETAINED: these are all the words its letters make. Looking for dedinate, addeeint, anedited, dinedeat, dietedan, atendedi, aidedten or eddetain? They use the same letters as DETAINED, so the words on this page are their answers too.

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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.

Possible Words From detained

By length, the words from DETAINED split into 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 23 with 6, 29 with 5, 51 with 4, 47 with 3 and 21 with 2.

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

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8 Letter Words You Can Make with detained

7 Letter Words You Can Make with detained

All 4 of the 7-letter words in DETAINED score 9 points.

6 Letter Words You Can Make with detained

Among 23 6-letter words made with DETAINED letters, the top score is 8, reached by 15. INDEED, EDITED and DENIED are the familiar ones.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with detained

7 of 29 5-letter words from DETAINED tie at 7 points; none scores more. ENDED, DATED and EATEN will look familiar.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with detained

Of the 51 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DETAINED, 4 score 6 points, the group's best. DATE, NEED and TEEN are the ones most people know.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with detained

ADD, DAD and DID are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DETAINED, 5 points each. END, NET and AID will look familiar.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with detained

Of the 21 2-letter words from DETAINED, 6 score 3 points, the group's best. IN, IT and AT are the ones most people know.

DETAINED With One Letter Changed

These 6 words have the length of DETAINED, with one letter different:

More 8-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ED · all 8-letter words

Meanings of the Strongest DETAINED Answers

What DETAINED means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.

Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends

DETAINED 10 · 11
to hold in custody
ENDITED 9 · 10
to indite
IDEATED 9 · 9
to form an idea
NIDATED 9 · 10
to become implanted in the uterus
DEADEN 8 · 9
to diminish the sensitivity or vigor of
DEANED 8 · 9
to serve as the head of a faculty
DENIED 8 · 9
to declare to be untrue
DENTED 8 · 9
to make a depression in

Can You Play DETAINED in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DETAINED, and the Words With Friends list has it too.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
DETAINED itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 176)122176116

* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.

53 of the 176 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TEINDED, DAINED, DANTED, IDEAED, TADDIE, TEDDIE, TINDED, DITED, EIDENT, DAINE, DAINT, DEID and 41 more. 7 of the 176 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NIDATED, NIDATE, IDENT, DAN, TEIN, TIAN and TE. 1 of the 176 answers is missing from Scrabble US: DI.

One Extra Tile and DETAINED Grows

With one more tile, the letters of DETAINED spell the words below.

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