Is DETECTOR a word?
DETECTOR is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 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, DETECTOR is a valid word.
What does detector mean?
noun: any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
DETECTOR: word details
- Pronunciation: dih-TEHK-tur (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 8 letters, a long word. It is one of 40,530 8-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 12 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 detector
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Words you can make from the letters of detector.
Solve a whole rack, not just DETECTOR
DETECTOR 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 DETECTOR mean?
DETECTOR is a noun. It means: any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner.
Is DETECTOR a valid word?
Yes, DETECTOR is a valid word. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 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.