Definition of detainments

"detainments" 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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detainments in Scrabble®

The word detainments 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: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters detainments:

DETAINMENTS
(135)
DETAINMENTS
(135)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (52 words)

adenine, aniseed, attends, demates, demeans, dements, dentate, dentine, dentins, dentist, destain, destine, detains, detents, distant, eminent, emitted, enamine, indents, inmates, instant, instate, instead, intends, intense, intents, itemset, maidens, matinee, meanest, meanies, medians, mediate, mindset, misdate, mittens, neatens, neatest, sainted, sandmen, sideman, smitten, stained, standee, steamed, stented, stinted, tainted, tandems, tannest, teatime, tenants

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word detainments

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

DETAINMENTS
(135)
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SIDEMAN
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ITEMSET
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detainments in Words With Friends™

The word detainments 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: 17

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

DETAINMENTS
(243)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (52 words)

adenine, aniseed, attends, demates, demeans, dements, dentate, dentine, dentins, dentist, destain, destine, detains, detents, distant, eminent, emitted, enamine, indents, inmates, instant, instate, instead, intends, intense, intents, itemset, maidens, matinee, meanest, meanies, medians, mediate, mindset, misdate, mittens, neatens, neatest, sainted, sandmen, sideman, smitten, stained, standee, steamed, stented, stinted, tainted, tandems, tannest, teatime, tenants

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word detainments

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

DETAINMENTS
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SANDMEN
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Words within the letters of detainments

2 letter words in detainments (16 words)

10 letter words in detainments (2 words)

11 letter words in detainments (1 word)

detainments + 1 blank (2 words)

detainments + 2 blanks (2 words)

Words containing the sequence detainments

Words that start with detainments (1 word)

Words with detainments in them (1 word)

Words that end with detainments (1 word)

Word Growth involving detainments

Shorter words in detainments

ai detain detainment

ta eta detain detainment

in detain detainment

en men detainment

me men detainment

Longer words containing detainments

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