9-Letter Words With DETAIN
- 3 words
- All English dictionaries
- Scrabble points
Popular 9-Letter Words With DETAIN
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 9-Letter Words With DETAIN 3 words
How often does DETAIN appear in nine-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 3 nine-letter words containing DETAIN. They average 10.3 points and the best is DETAINING (11 points).
- Total words
- 3
- Average Scrabble score
- 10.3
- out of 11 max
- Everyday words
- 33%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common ending
- S
- 66.7% of words
Most common last letters
- s 66.7%
- g 33.3%
Top vowel pairs
- ai100%
- ee33.3%
Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.
Rare words worth knowing
Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.
Highest-scoring nine-letter word containing DETAIN
d 2e 1t 1a 1i 1n 1i 1n 1g 2
D 2 + E 1 + T 1 + A 1 + I 1 + N 1 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2 = 11 points
- Double word
- 22 pts
- Triple word
- 33 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
detaining
Form of detain
- verbdeprive of freedom; take into confinement
- verbstop or halt“Please stay the bloodshed!”
- verbcause to be slowed down or delayed“Traffic was delayed by the bad weather”
- Scrabble US
- Scrabble UK
- Words With Friends
Runners-up
Explore related word lists
9-letter words containing…
Words containing DETAIN by length
Longer sequences containing DETAIN
Each link adds one letter and keeps only combinations that have words.
Change the last letter of DETAIN
Trending word lists
Five-letter lists built from the letters of yesterday's Wordle answer. The set changes every day.
- 5-letter words with LID
- 5-letter words with ID
- 5-letter words with LI
- 5-letter words starting with SLI
- 5-letter words starting with S
- 5-letter words ending in DE
- 5-letter words starting with SL
- 5-letter words ending in IDE
- 5-letter words with L
- 5-letter words with I
- 5-letter words with D
- 5-letter words ending in E
How to use this word list
Using DETAIN in the middle of a word
9-Letter Words With DETAIN by the numbers
9-Letter Words With DETAIN FAQ
How many nine-letter words containing DETAIN are there?
There are 3 nine-letter words containing DETAIN 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 containing DETAIN?
DETAINING is worth 11 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are DETAINEES (10), DETAINERS (10).