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Is DETAINS a Scrabble word?

✔ In our word list DETAINS is in ENABLE, the open word list behind Words With Friends and most word apps. For official tournament Scrabble, check Merriam-Webster's Scrabble dictionary.

Scrabble pointsWords With Friends pointsLetters
897

What does DETAINS mean?

DETAINS is a form of DETAIN.

  1. verbdeprive of freedom; take into confinement
  2. verbstop or halt
  3. verbcause to be slowed down or delayed

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Our word list is ENABLE, first published in 2000 and still used by most word games.

Meanings come from Princeton WordNet (2011). How common a word is comes from wordfreq.

Look up DETAINS in Merriam-Webster, Wiktionary, Collins or Dictionary.com. Check it for Scrabble at Merriam-Webster Scrabble.

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Is DETAINS a Scrabble word?

DETAINS is in ENABLE, the word list Words With Friends closely matches, and most ENABLE words are playable in North American Scrabble. Confirm tournament validity in the official Scrabble dictionary.

How many points is DETAINS worth?

DETAINS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends, before bonus squares.

What does DETAINS mean?

Deprive of freedom; take into confinement.