Unscramble detentes

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TENDESTE unscrambles to DETENTES: these are all the words its letters make.

DETENTES is a word✓ Scrabble US✓ Scrabble UK✓ Words With Friends

noun: a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward

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D2E1T1E1N12T1E1S1

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Possible Words From detentes

By length, the words from DETENTES split into 2 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 18 with 6, 28 with 5, 39 with 4, 20 with 3 and 9 with 2.

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8 Letter Words You Can Make with detentes

2 words · top score 9

2 8-letter words in DETENTES use every letter: DETENTES and its 1 anagram NEDETTES, all with 9 points.

7 Letter Words You Can Make with detentes

5 words · top score 8 (+50 for all 7 tiles)

All 5 of the 7-letter words made with DETENTES letters score 8 points.

6 Letter Words You Can Make with detentes

18 words · top score 7 · everyday: TESTED, NESTED, TENTED

13 of 18 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DETENTES tie at 7 points; none scores more. TESTED, NESTED and TENTED will look familiar.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with detentes

28 words · top score 6 · everyday: NEEDS, TEENS, DENSE

28 5-letter words from DETENTES; 13 of them share the top score of 6. NEEDS, TEENS and DENSE are everyday picks.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with detentes

39 words · top score 5 · everyday: NEED, SEND, TEEN

Among 39 4-letter words in DETENTES, the top score is 5, reached by 16. NEED, SEND and TEEN are the familiar ones.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with detentes

20 words · top score 4 · everyday: SEE, SET, END

7 of 20 3-letter words made with DETENTES letters tie at 4 points; none scores more. SEE, SET and END will look familiar.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with detentes

9 words · top score 3

DE and ED share the top score of 3 among the 2-letter words you get when you unscramble DETENTES.

Neighbor Words of DETENTES

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

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

What the Best DETENTES Words Mean

What DETENTES means, then the 6 highest-scoring answers.

Scrabble · Words With Friends points

DETENTES 9 · 10
an easing of international tension
DETENTE 8 · 9
an easing of international tension
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

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

Yes. DETENTES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the Words With Friends list.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
DETENTES itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 121)7812174

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

Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NEDETTES, NEDETTE, STEENED, STENTED, DENETS, NEESED, SEDENT, SENTED, TEENDS, TEENED, DEENS, DENET and 31 more, 43 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EDS, EST, TES and TE, 4 in all.

Unscramble DETENTES and you have 121 words, DETENTES itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 9 points: NEDETTES. Among the shorter answers, 5 reach 8 points, DETENTE, DETENTS and NEDETTE among them. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.

Add a Letter to DETENTES

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

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