The word detour is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • detour n. A diversion or deviation from one’s original route.
  • detour n. (Programming) The diversion of the flow of execution for debugging or similar purposes.
  • detour v. (Intransitive) To make a detour.

20 valid words from 3 definitions

DEBUGGING DETOUR DEVIATION DIVERSION EXECUTION FLOW FOR FROM INTRANSITIVE MAKE OF ONE OR ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING PURPOSES ROUTE SIMILAR THE TO

7 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

DE ET OU OUR TO TOUR UR

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

ED TE TED

5 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

DOUTER OUTRED REDOUT ROUTED TOURED

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

DEVOUR RETOUR

3 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

DETOURS DETOURED DETOURING

29 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A OUTDARE OUTREAD READOUT
+B DOUBTER OBTRUDE OUTBRED REDOUBT
+C COURTED EDUCTOR
+F FOUTRED
+G DROGUET GROUTED
+I ETOURDI IODURET OUTRIDE
+L TROULED
+O OUTDOER OUTRODE
+P TROUPED
+Q TORQUED
+S DETOURS DOUREST DOUTERS OUTREDS REDOUTS ROUSTED
+T TUTORED
+U OUTDURE
+W OUTDREW

9 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-D OUTER OUTRE ROUTE
-O TRUED
-R OUTED
-T UREDO
-U DOTER ROTED TRODE

Scrabble scoring

  • 7 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 874 chance (0.11%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 3080 chance (0.03%).

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Categories without words

  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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