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Is detour a Scrabble word?

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

D2E1T1O1U1R1

Is detour a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2E1T1O1U1R1

Is detour a Words With Friends word?

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

D2E1T1O1U2R1

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6-letter words (6 found)

DETOUR,DOUTER,OUTRED,REDOUT,ROUTED,TOURED,

5-letter words (9 found)

DOTER,OUTED,OUTER,OUTRE,ROTED,ROUTE,TRODE,TRUED,UREDO,

4-letter words (27 found)

DERO,DOER,DORE,DORT,DOTE,DOUR,DOUT,DUET,DURE,DURO,EURO,REDO,RODE,ROED,ROTE,ROUE,ROUT,RUDE,RUED,TOED,TORE,TOUR,TROD,TROU,TRUE,TURD,URDE,

3-letter words (29 found)

DOE,DOR,DOT,DUE,DUO,ODE,ORD,ORE,ORT,OUD,OUR,OUT,RED,REO,RET,ROD,ROE,ROT,RUD,RUE,RUT,TED,TOD,TOE,TOR,UDO,URD,URE,UTE,

2-letter words (14 found)

DE,DO,ED,ER,ET,OD,OE,OR,OU,RE,TE,TO,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 86 words from detour according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of detour

detour

Etymology

Borrowed from French détour, from détourner (“turn away”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdiː.tʊə(ɹ)/, /ˈdiː.tɔː(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdi.toɹ/

Noun

detour (plural detours)

  1. A diversion or deviation from one's original route.
  2. (programming) The diversion of the flow of execution for debugging or similar purposes.

Translations

See also

  • bypass
  • roundabout

Verb

detour (third-person singular simple present detours, present participle detouring, simple past and past participle detoured)

  1. (intransitive) To make a detour.
  2. (transitive) To direct or send on a detour.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Drouet, douter, redout, routed, toured

Middle English

Noun

detour

  1. Alternative form of dettour

Source: wiktionary.org