Detent is valid Scrabble Word

Is detent a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
Collins Scrabble Words YES
Is detent valid Words with Friends?
Words with Friends YES

6 letters word
7 points in Scrabble
8 points in WWF

Definitions for DETENT in dictionary:

NOUN:

any stop or catch in a machine which prevents a motion until released, e.g. on a crossbow
a catch in a machine which prevents motion until released
a catch that regulates striking in a clock.
That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.
a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
mechanism to check movement in one direction only

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

a locking or unlocking mechanism
locking piece of a mechanism, often spring-loaded to check the movement of a wheel in one direction only

Words related to DETENT

detents8

Words that contain DETENT

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How to use DETENT in a sentence

The counterpoise was, of course, now aloft, and was so maintained by a detent provided with a trigger.

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