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Definition of detachment

"detachment" in the noun sense

1. withdrawal, detachment

avoiding emotional involvement

2. detachment, disengagement

the act of releasing from an attachment or connection

3. insulation, insularity, insularism, detachment

the state of being isolated or detached

"the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel"

4. detachment

a small unit of troops of special composition

5. separation, breakup, detachment

coming apart

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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detachment in Scrabble®

The word detachment is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters detachment:

DETACHMENT

(189)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (11 words)

chanted, chatted, cheated, dentate, enacted, etchant, headmen, machete, matched, menaced, methane

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detachment in Words With Friends™

The word detachment is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 20

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters detachment:

DETACHMENT

(324)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (11 words)

chanted, chatted, cheated, dentate, enacted, etchant, headmen, machete, matched, menaced, methane

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DETACHMENT

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DETACHMENT

(324)

DETACHMENT

(252)

DETACHMENT

(168)

DETACHMENT

(132)

MACHETE

(128 = 93 + 35)

MENACED

(116 = 81 + 35)

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(116 = 81 + 35)

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(88)

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CEMENT

(87)

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Words within the letters of detachment

2 letter words in detachment (13 words)

ad ah am an at eh em en ha he ma me ta

3 letter words in detachment (36 words)

ace act and ant ate cad cam can cat cee dam dee den eat end eta had ham hat hem hen het mad man mat men met net tad tam tan tea tee ten tet the

4 letter words in detachment (61 words)

5 letter words in detachment (34 words)

acene ached acned acted amend ament cadet caned chant cheat dance death eaten edema emend enact enema hated hence maced maned match mated matte meant meted named tamed teach teeth tenet tenth theme theta

6 letter words in detachment (28 words)

achene anthem attend canted catted cement decane decant decent demate demean dement detach detect detent etched ethane hatted heated matted menace netted tandem teamed teated tented themed thence

7 letter words in detachment (11 words)

chanted chatted cheated dentate enacted etchant headmen machete matched menaced methane

10 letter words in detachment (1 word)

detachment

detachment + 1 blank (1 word)

detachments

detachment + 2 blanks (1 word)

despatchment

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Words containing the sequence detachment

Words that start with detachment (2 words)

detachment detachments

Words with detachment in them (2 words)

detachment semidetachments

Words that end with detachment (3 words)

detachment nondetachment semidetachment

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Word Growth involving detachment

Shorter words in detachment

ta eta detach

en men

me men

Longer words containing detachment

detachments semidetachments

nondetachment

semidetachment semidetachments