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Anagrams of DETECTIVE
No other English word uses exactly the 9 letters of DETECTIVE, but they make 57 shorter words, like DIE, ICE and TIE. Here they are by length, with their points.
DETECTIVE: a police officer who investigates crimes (WordNet 3.1, Princeton University)
Full anagrams of DETECTIVE (0)
No other English word uses exactly the letters D E T E C T I V E. The words below use some of them.
7-letter words from the letters of DETECTIVE (5)
- DECEIVE14
- EVICTED14
- EVICTEE13
- VEDETTE12
- VIDETTE12
6-letter words from the letters of DETECTIVE (5)
- DECEIT9
- DETECT9
- DEVICE13
- EVITED11
- VETTED11
5-letter words from the letters of DETECTIVE (7)
- CITED8
- CIVET11
- DEICE8
- EDICT8
- EVICT11
- EVITE9
- VICED12
4-letter words from the letters of DETECTIVE (19)
- CEDE7
- CEDI7
- CETE6
- CITE6
- DEET5
- DICE7
- DIET5
- DITE5
- DIVE9
- EDIT5
- EIDE5
- ETIC6
- ICED7
- TEED5
- TIDE5
- TIED5
- VICE10
- VIDE9
- VIED9
3-letter words from the letters of DETECTIVE (15)
- CEE5
- DEE4
- DEV8
- DIE4
- DIT4
- EVE7
- ICE5
- TED4
- TEE3
- TET3
- TIC5
- TIE3
- VEE7
- VET7
- VIE7
2-letter words from the letters of DETECTIVE (6)
- DE3
- ED3
- ET2
- ID3
- IT2
- TI2
What the words from DETECTIVE mean
- DECEIVE
- be false to
- EVICTED
- form of EVICT: expel or eject without recourse to legal process
- DIE
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to…
- ICE
- water frozen in the solid state
- TIE
- fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- TIED
- form of TIE: fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- DEVICE
- an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
- VICE
- moral weakness
Short definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).
DETECTIVE in numbers
- Letters
- 9 (4 vowels, 6 different)
- Full anagrams
- 0
- Words from its letters
- 57
- Longest shorter word
- DECEIVE, EVICTED and EVICTEE (7 letters)
- Best score
- DECEIVE, 14 points
- DETECTIVE itself
- 16 points before bonus squares
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What is an anagram of DETECTIVE?
No other English word uses exactly the letters D E T E C T I V E. The longest words you can make from them are DECEIVE, EVICTED and EVICTEE.
How many words can you make from the letters of DETECTIVE?
57 words of two letters or more, each letter used at most once, from Wordtide's English dictionary (the public-domain ENABLE list without offensive words).
What is the highest-scoring word from DETECTIVE?
DECEIVE, worth 14 points with Wordtide letter values before bonus squares.
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