Definition of detainees

"detainees" in the noun sense

1. detainee, political detainee

some held in custody

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detainees in Scrabble®

The word detainees 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 detainees:

DETAINEES
(99)
DETAINEES
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (8 words)

aniseed, destain, destine, detains, instead, sainted, stained, standee

 

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

DETAINEES
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DETAINEES
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detainees in Words With Friends™

The word detainees 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™ Play In The Letters detainees:

DETAINEES
(153)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (8 words)

aniseed, destain, destine, detains, instead, sainted, stained, standee

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word detainees

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

DETAINEES
(153)
DETAINEES
(90)
STAINED
(86 = 51 + 35)
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DETAINEES
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Words containing the sequence detainees

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Words with detainees in them (1 word)

Words that end with detainees (1 word)

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Shorter words in detainees

ai detain detainee

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in detain detainee

Longer words containing detainees

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