9-Letter Words Starting With DETEN
- 2 words
- All English dictionaries
- Scrabble points
Popular 9-Letter Words Starting With DETEN
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 9-Letter Words Starting With DETEN 2 words
How common is DETEN at the start of nine-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 2 nine-letter words that start with DETEN. They average 10 points and the best is DETENTION (10 points).
- Total words
- 2
- Average Scrabble score
- 10
- out of 10 max
- Everyday words
- 50%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common ending
- N
- 50% of words
Most common last letters
- n 50%
- t 50%
Top vowel pairs
- io50%
Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.
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Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.
Highest-scoring nine-letter word that starts with DETEN
d 2e 1t 1e 1n 1t 1i 1o 1n 1
D 2 + E 1 + T 1 + E 1 + N 1 + T 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1 = 10 points
- Double word
- 20 pts
- Triple word
- 30 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
detention
- nouna state of being confined (usually for a short time)“his detention was politically motivated”
- nouna punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home“the detention of tardy pupils”
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How many nine-letter words that start with DETEN are there?
There are 2 nine-letter words that start with DETEN in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.
What is the highest-scoring nine-letter word that starts with DETEN?
DETENTION is worth 10 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are DETENTIST (10).