DETECTOR is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. DETECTOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DETECTOR?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DETECTOR is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DETECTOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
detectorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DETECTOR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DETECTOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DETECTOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DETECTOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A device that senses and signals the presence of something, such as smoke, metal or radiation.
Households fit a smoke detector to the ceiling, and airports rely on a metal detector at the gate. In radio engineering the same word names the part that pulls the sound out of a carrier wave.
How DETECTOR is used
Detector usually follows the name of what it senses, as in lie detector.
- The detector beeped as soon as he walked through the arch.
- Replace the battery in the smoke detector every year.
- Physicists built a large detector deep underground to catch rare particles.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DETECTOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DETECTOR
The 8 tiles of DETECTOR in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DETECTOR
3 longer words begin with DETECTOR.
Shorter words from the letters in DETECTOR
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Common questions about DETECTOR
- Is DETECTOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DETECTOR, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DETECTOR worth?
- DETECTOR is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DETECTOR mean?
- A device that senses and signals the presence of something, such as smoke, metal or radiation.
- What letters can be added to DETECTOR?
- DETECTOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DETECTOR:
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