Definition of detained

"detained" in the verb sense

1. confine, detain

deprive of freedom take into confinement

2. stay, detain, delay

stop or halt

"Please stay the bloodshed!"

3. delay, detain, hold up

cause to be slowed down or delayed

"Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"

"she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"

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Quotations for detained

The poor man's penny unjustly detained, is a coal of fire in a rich man's purse. [ Proverb ]

Let us now suppose that in the mind of each man there is an aviary of all sorts of birds some flocking together apart from the rest, others in small groups, others solitary, flying anywhere and everywhere. . . . We may suppose that the birds are kinds of knowledge, and that when we were children, this receptacle was empty; whenever a man has gotten and detained in the enclosure a kind of knowledge, he may be said to have learned or discovered the thing which is the subject of the knowledge: and this is to know. [ Dialogues, Theaetetus ]

detained in Scrabble®

The word detained 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: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters detained:

DETAINED
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DETAINED
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word detained

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In detained

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detained in Words With Friends™

The word detained 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: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters detained:

DETAINED
(78)
DETAINED
(78)
 

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In detained

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Words within the letters of detained

2 letter words in detained (9 words)

5 letter words in detained (8 words)

6 letter words in detained (9 words)

8 letter words in detained (1 word)

detained + 1 blank (2 words)

Words containing the sequence detained

Words that start with detained (1 word)

Words with detained in them (1 word)

Words that end with detained (2 words)

Word Growth involving detained

Shorter words in detained

ai detain

ta eta detain

in detain

Longer words containing detained

undetained