Possible Words From detours
By length, the words from DETOURS split into 6 with 7 letters, 29 with 6, 56 with 5, 84 with 4, 54 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
7 Letter Words You Can Make with detours
6 words · top score 8 (+50 for all 7 tiles)
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
29 words · top score 7 · everyday: SORTED, STORED, ROUTES
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
56 words · top score 6 · everyday: STORE, TOURS, ROUTE
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
84 words · top score 5 · everyday: USED, USER, DOES
Of the 84 4-letter words from DETOURS, 44 score 5 points, the group's best. USED, USER and DOES are the ones most people know.
3 Letter Words You Can Make with detours
54 words · top score 4 · everyday: OUT, USE, SET
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
19 words · top score 3 · everyday: OR, US, DO
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.
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DETOURS With One Letter Changed
Keep every letter of DETOURS but one, change that one, and you get:
- R I gives OUTSIDE · unscramble outside
- O T gives TRUSTED · words from trusted
- U K gives STROKED · words from stroked
- S C gives COURTED · words from courted
- D J gives JOUSTER · words from jouster
- D L gives ELUTORS · words from elutors
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.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETOURS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 248) | 200 | 248 | 189 |
* 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 36 more, 48 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DORES, DOUTS, RODES, SORED, DOUT, EDS, TRES, TROU, EST, TES and TE, 11 in all.
Unscramble DETOURS and you have 248 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).
Add a Letter to DETOURS
These 12 words take every letter of DETOURS plus a single extra one.