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DETERRED

8 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What DETERRED Means

DETERRED is a form of DETER, which means:

  1. verb: try to prevent; show opposition to“We should discourage this practice among our youth”
  2. verb: turn away from by persuasion“Negative campaigning will only dissuade people”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DETERRED 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 R1 R1 E1 D2.

Words Made From The Letters In DETERRED

44 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.

6 letter words (7)

5 letter words (9)

4 letter words (13)

3 letter words (8)

2 letter words (7)

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