DETAINING

9 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What DETAINING Means

DETAINING is a form of DETAIN, which means:

verb: deprive of freedom; take into confinement
verb: stop or halt“Please stay the bloodshed!”

Similar words

CONFINE STAY DELAY

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DETAINING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 T1 A1 I1 N1 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In DETAINING

259 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 (5)

ENDITING IDEATING INDIGENT NIDATING TEINDING

7 letter words (15)

ANTEING ANTIGEN DAINING DANTING DEANING DENTING DIETING DINTING EDITING GENTIAN IGNITED INDIGEN INEDITA TENDING TINDING

6 letter words (47)

5 letter words (32)

AGENT ANENT ANTED ATIGI DAINE DAINT DEIGN DIANE DIGIT DINGE DINNA ENTIA GATED GENII GIANT IDANT IDENT INANE INDIA INDIE INGAN INNED INNIT NGATI NITID TANGI TEIID TEIND TENIA TINEA TINED TINGE

4 letter words (75)

3 letter words (63)

AGE AID AIN AIT AND ANE ANI ANN ANT ATE DAE DAG DAN DEG DEI DEN DIE DIG DIN DIT EAN EAT END ENG ETA GAD GAE GAN GAT GED GEN GET GID GIE GIN GIT IDE ING INN ITA NAE NAG NAN NAT NED NEG NET NID NIE NIT TAD TAE TAG TAI TAN TEA TED TEG TEN TID TIE TIG TIN

2 letter words (22)

AD AE AG AI AN AT DA DE DI EA ED EN ET GI ID IN IT NA NE TA TE TI

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