Is DETECT a word?
DETECT is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends, has 6 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 11 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, DETECT is a valid word.
What does detect mean?
verb: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of.
“She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
DETECT: word details
- Pronunciation: dih-TEHKT (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 6 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 22,342 6-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 9 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 10 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of detect
Shorter words inside detect
Words you can make from the letters of detect.
Solve a whole rack, not just DETECT
DETECT 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.
Frequently asked questions
What does DETECT mean?
DETECT is a verb. It means: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of.
Is DETECT a valid word?
Yes, DETECT 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.