The word is a valid scrabble word

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

• detaining v. Present participle of detain.
• detaining n. The act by which someone is detained; detention.

12 valid words from 2 definitions

ACT BY DETAIN DETAINED DETENTION IS OF PARTICIPLE PRESENT SOMEONE THE WHICH

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

AI AIN DE DETAIN ET ETA IN ING TA TAI TAIN

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

AT ATE ED IN INIA TE TED

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

DETAILING RETAINING

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

DESTAINING DETRAINING

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

+L DATELINING
+P DEPAINTING
+R DETRAINING
+S DESTAINING

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

-A ENDITING INDIGENT TEINDING
-E NIDATING
-N IDEATING

Scrabble scoring

• 11 points.

Other languages

• Invalid: French German Spanish Italian Romanian

Categories without words

• No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
• No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
• No suffixes (Word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)
• 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.)

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