What DETENTIONS Means
DETENTIONS is a form of DETENTION, which 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
DETENTIONS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 T1 E1 N1 T1 I1 O1 N1 S1.
Anagrams of DETENTIONS (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In DETENTIONS
458 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.
9 letter words (3)
8 letter words (13)
DENTINESDESINENTDINETTESENDNOTESINSETTEDNOISETTENONETTESSENTIENTSIDENOTESONNETEDTEOSINTETINSTONETONTINES
7 letter words (46)
DENNETSDENOTESDENTINEDENTINSDENTISTDESTINEDETENTSDINETTEDISTENTDITONESDONNEESDONNIESDOTIESTENDITESENDNOTEINDENESINDENTSINTENDSINTENSEINTENTSINTONEDINTONESNETTIESNOINTEDNONETTENONETTIONDINESSNOTTEDSNOTTIESTEINEDSTENNEDSTENTEDSTINTEDSTOITEDSTONIEDSTONNEDTEDIESTTENDONSTENNIESTENNISTTENONEDTENSIONTOEIESTTONIESTTONITESTONTINE
6 letter words (75)
DENETSDENIESDENNETDENOTEDENTINDESINEDETENTDETESTDIENESDITONEDITTOSDONEESDONNEEDONNESDONSIEEIDENTENDITEEOSINEETTINSIDENTSINDENEINDENTINTENDINTENTINTOEDINTONENEONEDNESTEDNETTEDNETTIENITONSNOINTSNOISEDNONETSOINTEDONDINEONSIDEOSTENTSEDENTSEINEDSEITENSENNETSENNITSENTEDSINDONSINNEDSINNETSITTENSONNETSOTTEDSTONEDSTONENSTONNESTOTINTEENDSTEINDSTENDONTENETSTENNESTENNISTENNOSTENONSTENSEDTENSONTENTEDTENTIETESTEDTESTONTINNEDTINTEDTODIESTOITEDTONIESTONITETONNES
5 letter words (106)
DEENSDEETSDEISTDENESDENETDENISDENSEDENTSDIENEDIETSDINESDINOSDINTSDITESDITTODITTSDOESTDOITSDONEEDONNEDOTESEDITSEIDOSEOSINETENSETTINIDEESIDENTINNEDINSETNEEDSNEISTNENESNEONSNETESNETTSNIDESNINESNITESNITONNODESNOINTNOISENONESNONETNONISNOSEDNOTEDNOTESODISTOINTSONNEDONSETSDEINSEINESENTESENTISETONSIENTSINEDSITEDSNEEDSNIDESONDESONNESTEDESTEEDSTEENSTEINSTENDSTENOSTENTSTIEDSTINTSTOITSTONDSTONESTONNTEENDTEENSTEINDTEINSTENDSTENESTENETTENNETENNOTENONTENSETENTSTESTETETESTIDESTINDSTINEDTINESTINTSTOISETOITSTONDITONEDTONESTONNETOSEDTOTEDTOTES
4 letter words (121)
DEENDEESDEETDENEDENIDENSDENTDESIDIESDIETDINEDINODINSDINTDITEDITSDITTDOENDOESDOITDONEDONSDOSEDOSTDOTEDOTSEDITEIDEEINEENDSENESEONSESNEETENIDEEIDESINNSINTOIONSNEDSNEEDNENENEONNESTNETENETSNETTNIDENIDSNIEDNIESNINENITENITSNODENODINODSNOESNONENONINOSENOTENOTTODESOINTONESONIEONSTSEEDSEENSENDSENESENTSETTSIDESIENSINDSINESITESNEDSNEESNITSNODSNOTSONESTEDSTENSTETSTIESTOTTEDSTEEDTEENTEESTEINTENDTENETENSTENTTESTTETETETSTIDETIDSTIEDTIESTINDTINETINSTINTTITETODSTOEDTOESTOITTONETONSTOSETOSTTOTETOTS
3 letter words (68)
DEEDEIDENDIEDINDISDITDOEDONDOSDOTDSOEDSEENENDENEENSEONESTIDEIDSINNINSIONIOSISOITSNEDNEENETNIDNIENISNITNODNONNOSNOTODEODSOESOISONEONSOSESEDSEESEISENSETSINSITSODSONSOTTEDTEETENTESTETTIDTIETINTISTODTOETONTOT
2 letter words (26)
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