What DETENTION Means
- noun: a state of being confined (usually for a short time)“his detention was politically motivated”
- noun: a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home“the detention of tardy pupils”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DETENTION 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 E1 N1 T1 I1 O1 N1.
Words Made From The Letters In DETENTION
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 (9)
6 letter words (26)
DENNETDENOTEDENTINDETENTDITONEDONNEEEIDENTENDITEINDENEINDENTINTENDINTENTINTOEDINTONENEONEDNETTEDNETTIEOINTEDONDINETENDONTENTEDTENTIETINNEDTINTEDTOITEDTONITE
5 letter words (24)
DENETDIENEDITTODONEEDONNEETTINIDENTINNEDNITONNOINTNONETNOTEDONNEDTEENDTEINDTENETTENNETENNOTENONTINEDTONDITONEDTONNETOTED
4 letter words (55)
DEENDEETDENEDENIDENTDIETDINEDINODINTDITEDITTDOENDOITDONEDOTEEDITEIDEEINEETENIDEEINTONEEDNENENEONNETENETTNIDENIEDNINENITENODENODINONENONINOTENOTTOINTONIETEEDTEENTEINTENDTENETENTTETETIDETIEDTINDTINETINTTITETOEDTOITTONETOTE
3 letter words (38)
DEEDEIDENDIEDINDITDOEDONDOTEENENDENEEONIDEINNIONNEDNEENETNIDNIENITNODNONNOTODEONETEDTEETENTETTIDTIETINTODTOETONTOT
2 letter words (20)
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