What DETOURING Means
DETOURING is a form of DETOUR, which means:
- noun: a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
- verb: travel via a detour
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DETOURING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 T1 O1 U1 R1 I1 N1 G2.
Words Made From The Letters In DETOURING
552 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 (4)
7 letter words (37)
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6 letter words (99)
DEGOUTDERINGDETOURDEUTONDINERODINGERDITONEDIURONDOTIERDOTINGDOUTERDROGUEDUGITEDUNGERDUNITEDURINGDURIONEDITORENDUROENGIRDENGIRTERINGOGERUNDGIRNEDGIRTEDGOITERGOITREGOURDEGRONEDGROUNDGUIDERGUIDONGUNITEGUNTERGURNEDGURNETIGNOREINTOEDINUREDIRONEDNIDGETNORITENUDGEROINTEDORIENTOUTINGOUTREDOUTRIGREDINGREDOUTREDUITREGIONRETUNDRIDENTRIGOUTRINGEDRIOTEDRODENTRODINGROGUEDROINEDROTINGROTUNDROUGEDROUTEDRUEINGRUINEDRUNTEDTENOURTINDERTINGEDTODGERTOEINGTONGEDTONGERTONGUETONIERTOUREDTOURIETRIGONTRINEDTRIODETRIUNETRUDGETRUINGTUNIERTURGIDTURIONTURNEDUNDOERUNGIRDUNGIRTUNGORDUNITEDUNITERUNTIEDUNTRODURGENTURINED
5 letter words (118)
DEIGNDERIGDINERDINGEDINGODIRGEDOGIEDOINGDONERDONUTDOTERDRENTDROITDRONEDUINGERGONERGOTERINGERUGOGENROGEOIDGIRONGODETGOIERGONERGOREDGOURDGREINGRIDEGRINDGRIOTGROINGRONEGROUTGRUEDGRUNDGRUNTGUIDEGUIROIDENTINDUEINERTINGOTINTERINTROINUREIRONENIDORNIGERNITERNITRENITRONOTEDNOTERNUDERNUDGEORGUEOURIEOUTEDOUTEROUTREREDONREIGNRENIGRIDGEROGUERONDERONTEROTEDROUENROUGEROUNDROUTERUDIERUINGRUNEDRUTINTEINDTENDUTENORTIGERTIGONTINEDTINGETIREDTOGEDTOGUETOINGTONDITONEDTONERTRENDTRIDETRIEDTRIGOTRINETRODETRONETRUEDTRUGOTUNEDTUNERUNDERUNGETUNGODUNGOTUNITEUNREDUNRIDUNRIGUNTIEUREDOURENTURGEDURINEURITEURNEDUTERI
4 letter words (157)
DEGUDENIDENTDERNDERODIETDINEDINGDINODINTDIREDIRTDITEDOENDOERDOGEDOITDONEDONGDOREDORTDOTEDOUNDOURDOUTDREGDRUGDUETDUITDUNEDUNGDUNTDUREDURNDUROEDITERGOETUIEUOIEUROGEITGENTGENUGERTGIEDGIENGIRDGIRNGIROGIRTGITEGOERGONEGOREGORIGOUTGRENGRIDGRINGRITGROTGRUEGUDEGUIDGURNINGOINROINTOIREDIRONIURENERDNIDENIEDNITENODENODINOIRNORINOTENOUTNURDOGREOINTONERONIEOURNREDOREGOREINRENDRENTRIDERINDRINERINGRIOTRITERODEROEDROINRONERONGRONTROTEROTIROUEROUTRUDERUEDRUINRUNDRUNERUNGRUNTTEGUTEINTENDTERNTIDETIEDTIERTIGETINDTINETINGTIRETIROTOEDTOGETONETONGTORETORITORNTOUNTOURTRIETRIGTRINTRIOTRODTROGTRONTRUETRUGTUNDTUNETUNGTURNUDONUNDEUNDOUNITUNTOURDEURGE
3 letter words (106)
DEGDEIDENDIEDIGDINDITDOEDOGDONDORDOTDUEDUGDUIDUNDUOEGOENDENGEONERGERNGEDGENGEOGERGETGIDGIEGINGIOGITGNUGODGOEGONGORGOTGUEGUNGURGUTIDEINGIONIRENEDNEGNETNIDNIENITNODNOGNORNOTNURNUTODEONEORDOREORTOUDOUROUTREDREGREIRENREORETRIDRIGRINRITRODROEROTRUDRUERUGRUNRUTTEDTEGTENTIDTIETIGTINTODTOETOGTONTORTUGTUITUNUDOUNIURDUREURNUTE
2 letter words (31)
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