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Is detent a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word detent is a Scrabble US word. The word detent is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

D2E1T1E1N1T1

Is detent a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word detent is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

D2E1T1E1N1T1

Is detent a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word detent is a Words With Friends word. The word detent is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2E1T1E1N2T1

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6-letter words (3 found)

DETENT,NETTED,TENTED,

5-letter words (3 found)

DENET,TEEND,TENET,

4-letter words (14 found)

DEEN,DEET,DENE,DENT,ETEN,NEED,NETE,NETT,TEED,TEEN,TEND,TENE,TENT,TETE,

3-letter words (12 found)

DEE,DEN,EEN,END,ENE,NED,NEE,NET,TED,TEE,TEN,TET,

2-letter words (7 found)

DE,ED,EE,EN,ET,NE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 40 words from detent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of detent

detent

Etymology

From French détente, from Latin tendō (“to stretch”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈtɛnt/, /ˈdiːtɛnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt
  • Hyphenation: de‧tent

Noun

detent (plural detents)

  1. That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch (stopping mechanism), pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.
    • 1972, Mayer et al., United States Patent 3760640, abstract:
      A UHF tuner having 70 detent positions with fine tuning capability at all locations. Coarse tuning is accomplished via a toothed, detented disk and a spirally-extending rim having a follower lever operable therewith.

Related terms

  • détente

Translations

Verb

detent (third-person singular simple present detents, present participle detenting, simple past and past participle detented)

  1. The action of creating a detent mechanism to lock or unlock movement.

References

Further reading

  • “detent”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “detent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “detent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “detent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • detent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • netted, tented

Source: wiktionary.org