Jumble solved
Is DETRACTOR a word? Yes.
DETRACTOR is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 9 letters, worth 12 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 265 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 265
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 9 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 3 : 6
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 3 vowels (E, A, O) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 6 remaining consonants (D, T, R, C, T, R).
detractor in a sentence
“His detractors were noisy and scurrilous.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of DETRACTOR
One word uses all 9 letters:
- detractor
9-letter words
1 word found8-letter words
2 words found7-letter words
9 words found6-letter words
38 words found+ 23 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
70 words found+ 55 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
72 words found+ 57 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
56 words found+ 41 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
17 words found+ 2 more 2-letter words
Words hidden inside DETRACTOR
Without moving a single letter, reading detractor straight through uncovers 6 shorter words — detract, tractor, actor, tract, act, tor. The longest unbroken run is detract.
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Shorter words inside DETRACTOR — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to DETRACTOR
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and detractor opens up 4 10-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
9
Distinct
7
Vowels
33%
E, A, O
Consonants
67%
D, T, R, C, T, R
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Solving DETRACTOR: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters detractor?
Rearranging the 9 letters in detractor produces 265 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 9-letter answer detractor here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does detractor have any anagrams?
Using all 9 letters, detractor rearranges into exactly one word: detractor.
What is the longest word you can make from detractor?
The longest solution is detractor at 9 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from detractor?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: detractor yields ace, act, ado, arc, are, aro, art, ate, att and cad. 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.
How is the word "detractor" used in a sentence?
Detractor is itself a valid word. For example: "His detractors were noisy and scurrilous." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from detractor scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, detractor is the top scorer from detractor at 12 points, followed by redactor (11), retroact (10) and cordate (10). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside detractor?
Read left to right without moving any letters and detractor already contains 6 shorter words: detract, tractor, actor, tract, act and tor. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is detract. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.