What DETECTION Means
- noun: the perception that something has occurred or some state exists“early detection can often lead to a cure”
- noun: the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DETECTION is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 T1 E1 C3 T1 I1 O1 N1.
Words Made From The Letters In DETECTION
220 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 (9)
6 letter words (32)
CENOTECODEINCOEDITCOINEDCONDIECOTTEDCOTTIDDECEITDECENTDECTETDENOTEDETECTDETENTDITONEDOCENTEDENICEIDENTENCODEENDITEENTICEINCEDEINTOEDNETTEDNETTIENOETICNOTICEOINTEDTENTEDTENTIETINTEDTOITEDTONITE
5 letter words (31)
CENTOCITEDCODENCONEDCONTECOTEDCTENEDEICEDENETDICOTDIENEDITTODONEEEDICTETTINIDENTNIECENOTEDOCTETONCETONTICTEENDTEINDTENETTICEDTINCTTINEDTONDITONEDTONICTOTED
4 letter words (80)
CEDECEDICENTCETECIDECINECIONCITECITOCODECOEDCOINCOITCONDCONECONICOTECOTTDECODEENDEETDENEDENIDENTDICEDICTDIETDINEDINODINTDITEDITTDOENDOITDONEDOTEECODEDITEIDEEINEETENETICICEDICONIDEEINTONEEDNETENETTNICENIDENIEDNITENODENODINOTENOTTODICOINTONCEONIEOTICTEEDTEENTEINTENDTENETENTTETETICETIDETIEDTINDTINETINTTITETOEDTOITTONETOTE
3 letter words (48)
CEECIDCITCODCONCOTDEEDEIDENDIEDINDITDOCDOEDONDOTECOEENENDENEEONICEIDEIONNEDNEENETNIDNIENITNODNOTODEONETECTEDTEETENTETTICTIDTIETINTOCTODTOETONTOT
2 letter words (20)
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