What DETACHING Means
DETACHING is a form of DETACH, which means:
- verb: cause to become detached or separated; take off“detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it”
- verb: separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment“detach a regiment”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DETACHING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 T1 A1 C3 H4 I1 N1 G2.
Words Made From The Letters In DETACHING
429 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
8 letter words (2)
7 letter words (13)
6 letter words (55)
ACETINACHINGACTINGANETICANIGHTCADENTCANDIECANTEDCANTHICEDINGCENTAICHAINECHANGECHINEDCNIDAEDACITEDAEINGDATINGDECANIDECANTDETACHDETAINEATINGECHINGENATICETHNICGAINEDGAITEDGANTEDGEDACTHADINGHAEINGHAGDENHAINEDHANGEDHANTEDHATINGHETINGHIDAGEHINGEDHINTEDINCAGEINCHEDINGATEITCHEDNICHEDNIDATENIDGETNIGHEDTAEINGTAGINETANGEDTANGIETEAINGTINGED
5 letter words (91)
ACHEDACINGACNEDACTEDACTINAGENTAHENTAHINDAHINGAHINTAIGHTAITCHANIGHANTEDANTICCADETCADGECADIECAGEDCANEDCANEHCANIDCHAINCHANGCHANTCHEATCHIDECHINACHINECITEDCNIDADAINEDAINTDANCEDEATHDEIGNDIACTDIANEDICHTDICTADIGHTDINGEDITCHEDICTEHINGEIGHTENACTENIACENTIAETHICGANCHGATEDGENICGIANTHAINTHANCEHANGIHATEDHIANTHINGEICHEDIDANTIDENTNACHENATCHNEATHNEIGHNGATINICADNICHENICHTNIGHTTACHETANGITEACHTEINDTENCHTENIATHAGITHANETHANGTHECATHEGNTHEICTHEINTHINETHINGTICEDTINEATINEDTINGE
4 letter words (142)
ACEDACHEACIDACNEADITAGEDAGENAGINAHEDAIDEAINEANCEANTEANTICADECADICAGECAIDCAINCANECANGCANTCATECEDICENTCHADCHAICHATCHIACHIDCHINCHITCIDECINECITEDACEDANGDANTDATEDEANDENIDENTDICEDICHDICTDIETDINEDINGDINTDITADITEEACHEATHECADECHTEDITEGADEINAETCHETICETNAGADEGADIGAEDGAENGAIDGAINGAITGANEGANTGATEGATHGEANGEATGEITGENAGENTGETAGHATGIEDGIENGITEGNATHADEHAEDHAENHAETHAINHANDHANGHANTHATEHEADHEATHEIDHENDHENTHIDEHIEDHINDHINGHINTICEDIDEAIGADINCHITCHNACHNEATNGAINICENIDENIEDNIGHNITETACETACHTAEDTAIGTAINTANETANGTANHTEADTECHTEINTENDTHAETHANTHENTHIGTHINTIANTICETICHTIDETIEDTIGETINATINDTINETING
3 letter words (98)
ACEACHACTAGEAHIAIDAINAITANDANEANIANTATECADCAGCANCATCHACHECHICIDCIGCITDAEDAGDAHDANDEGDEIDENDIEDIGDINDITEANEATECHEDHENDENGETAETHGADGAEGANGATGEDGENGETGHIGIDGIEGINGITHADHAEHAGHANHATHENHETHICHIDHIEHINHITICEICHIDEINGITANAENAGNAHNATNEDNEGNETNIDNIENITNTHTADTAETAGTAITANTEATECTEDTEGTENTHETICTIDTIETIGTIN
2 letter words (28)
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