Is DETAINER a word?

DETAINER is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends, has 8 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.

Yes, DETAINER is a valid word.

Scrabble 9Words With Friends 10Length 8

What does detainer mean?

DETAINER is an inflected form of detain.

verb: deprive of freedom; take into confinement.

Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.

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DETAINER is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.

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What does DETAINER mean?

DETAINER is an inflected form of detain and is a verb. It means: deprive of freedom; take into confinement.

Is DETAINER a valid word?

Yes, DETAINER is a valid word. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends.

Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.