What DETAINED Means
DETAINED is a form of DETAIN, which means:
- verb: deprive of freedom; take into confinement
- verb: stop or halt“Please stay the bloodshed!”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DETAINED is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 T1 A1 I1 N1 E1 D2.
Words Made From The Letters In DETAINED
172 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.
7 letter words (4)
6 letter words (23)
AEDINEANTEEDDAINEDDANTEDDEADENDEANEDDENIEDDENTEDDETAINDIETEDDINTEDEDITEDEIDENTENDITEIDEAEDIDEATEINDEEDNIDATETADDIETEDDIETENDEDTENIAETINDED
5 letter words (27)
AIDEDAINEEANTEDDAINEDAINTDATEDDENETDIANEDIENEDINEDDITEDEANEDEATENENATEENDEDENTIAIDANTIDENTNIDEDTEADETEAEDTEENDTEINDTENIATIDEDTINEATINED
4 letter words (51)
ADITAIDEAINEANTEANTIDANTDATEDEADDEANDEEDDEENDEETDEIDDENEDENIDENTDIEDDIETDINEDINTDITADITEEDITEIDEEINAEINEETENETNAIDEAIDEENEATNEEDNETENIDENIEDNITETAEDTAINTANETEADTEEDTEENTEINTENDTENETIANTIDETIEDTINATINDTINE
3 letter words (46)
ADDAIDAINAITANDANEANIANTATEDADDAEDANDEEDEIDENDIDDIEDINDITEANEATEENENDENEETAIDEITANAENATNEDNEENETNIDNIENITTADTAETAITANTEATEDTEETENTIDTIETIN
2 letter words (21)
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