Jumble solved
Is DETENTE a word? Yes.
DETENTE is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 7 letters, worth 8 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 29 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 29
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 7 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 3 : 4
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 3 vowels (E, E, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 4 remaining consonants (D, T, N, T).
Anagrams of DETENTE
One word uses all 7 letters:
- detente
7-letter words
1 word found- detente58
6-letter words
3 words found5-letter words
1 word found4-letter words
9 words found3-letter words
9 words found2-letter words
6 words foundWords hidden inside DETENTE
Without moving a single letter, reading detente straight through uncovers 3 shorter words — detent, tent, ten. The longest unbroken run is detent.
Related jumbles to try
Shorter words inside DETENTE — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to DETENTE
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and detente opens up 5 8-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
7
Distinct
4
Vowels
43%
E, E, E
Consonants
57%
D, T, N, T
Browse more word lists
These letters make a 7-letter rack. Browse all 7-letter words or just the 7-letter words starting with D.
Practise your unscrambling
Unscrambling gets faster with reps — these two are built for that.
Solving DETENTE: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters detente?
Rearranging the 7 letters in detente produces 29 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 7-letter answer detente here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does detente have any anagrams?
Using all 7 letters, detente rearranges into exactly one word: detente.
What is the longest word you can make from detente?
The longest solution is detente at 7 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from detente?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: detente yields dee, den, end, nee, net, ted, tee, ten, tet and de. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
Which word from detente scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, detente is the top scorer from detente at 58 points, followed by detent (7), netted (7) and tented (7). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside detente?
Read left to right without moving any letters and detente already contains 3 shorter words: detent, tent and ten. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is detent. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.