Definition of detriment

"detriment" in the noun sense

1. detriment, hurt

a damage or loss

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detriment in Scrabble®

The word detriment 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: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters detriment:

DETRIMENT
(135)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (11 words)

demerit, dimeter, emitted, emitter, merited, mitered, remined, retimed, tentier, termite, trident

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word detriment

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

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(135)
DETRIMENT
(117)
MERITED
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detriment in Words With Friends™

The word detriment 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: 14

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

DETRIMENT
(216)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (11 words)

demerit, dimeter, emitted, emitter, merited, mitered, remined, retimed, tentier, termite, trident

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word detriment

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

DETRIMENT
(216)
DETRIMENT
(132)
DIMETER
(104 = 69 + 35)
DEMERIT
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RETIMED
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REMINED
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DETRIMENT
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Words containing the sequence detriment

Words with detriment in them (2 words)

Words that end with detriment (1 word)

Word Growth involving detriment

Shorter words in detriment

en men

me men

me rime

rim rime

rim trim

Longer words containing detriment

detrimental detrimentalities

detrimental detrimentality

detrimental detrimentally

detrimental detrimentalness

detrimental detrimentals

detrimental nondetrimental

detriments