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Definition of detainment

"detainment" in the noun sense

1. detention, detainment, hold, custody

a state of being confined (usually for a short time

"his detention was politically motivated"

"the prisoner is on hold"

"he is in the custody of police"

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detainment in Scrabble®

The word detainment 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: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters detainment:

DETAINMENT
(144)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (10 words)

adenine, dentate, dentine, eminent, emitted, enamine, matinee, mediate, tainted, teatime

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word detainment

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

DETAINMENT
(144)
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(126)
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EMITTED
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DENTATE
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detainment in Words With Friends™

The word detainment 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: 16

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

DETAINMENT
(234)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (10 words)

adenine, dentate, dentine, eminent, emitted, enamine, matinee, mediate, tainted, teatime

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word detainment

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(234)
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(144)
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(68)
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(44)
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(44)
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(44)
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(40)
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(32)
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(23)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In detainment

DETAINMENT
(234)
DETAINMENT
(198)
DETAINMENT
(144)
DETAINMENT
(108)
EMINENT
(107 = 72 + 35)
ENAMINE
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MATINEE
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EMITTED
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ADENINE
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DENTINE
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ADENINE
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TEATIME
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DENTATE
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EMITTED
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DETAINMENT
(84)
ENAMINE
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EMINENT
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EMITTED
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MEDIATE
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DETAINMENT
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TEATIME
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TANDEM
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DEMENT
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(69)
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(69)
TINMAN
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TINMEN
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MEDIAN
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(68)
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(68)
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(68)
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(68)
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Words containing the sequence detainment

Words that start with detainment (2 words)

detainmentdetainments

Words with detainment in them (1 word)

detainment

Words that end with detainment (1 word)

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Word Growth involving detainment

Shorter words in detainment

ai detain

ta eta detain

in detain

en men

me men

Longer words containing detainment

detainments