Unscramble DETOURS and you have 223 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).
OUTSRED 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.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DETOURS split into 6 with 7 letters, 29 with 6, 56 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 19 with 2.
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.
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.
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.
23 of 53 3-letter words made with DETOURS letters tie at 4 points; none scores more. OUT, USE and SET will look familiar.
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
DETOURS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DETOURS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETOURS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 223) | 179 | 223 | 169 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DOUTERS, OUTREDS, DOUTER, OUTRED, ROSTED, TRODES, DEROS, DORSE, DORTS, ROTED, RUDES, STUDE and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DORES, DOUTS, RODES, SORED, DOUT, EDS, EST, TES, UTE and TE, 10 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of DETOURS plus a single extra one.