The word detect 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.)

  • detect v. To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.
  • detect adj. (Obsolete) Detected.
  • detect v. (Intransitive, informal) To work or solve cases as a detective.

18 valid words from 3 definitions

AS BY CAREFUL CASES DETECTED DETECTIVE DISCOVER EXAMINATION FIND INFORMAL INTRANSITIVE OBSOLETE OR PROBING SEARCH SOLVE TO WORK

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

DE ET TE TEC

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

CETE ED ET TE TED

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

DECTET

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

DEFECT DEJECT DETENT DETEST

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

DETECTS DETECTED DETECTER DETECTOR DETECTERS DETECTING DETECTION DETECTIVE DETECTORS DETECTABLE DETECTABLY DETECTIBLE DETECTIONS DETECTIVES DETECTIVIST DETECTORIST DETECTIVISTS DETECTOPHONE DETECTORISTS DETECTABILITY DETECTIVELIKE DETECTOPHONES DETECTABILITIES

11 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

UNDETECTED INDETECTABLE INDETECTIBLE UNDETECTABLE UNDETECTABLY MICRODETECTOR PHOTODETECTOR MICRODETECTION MICRODETECTORS PHOTODETECTORS MICRODETECTIONS

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

+H TETCHED
+S DECTETS DETECTS

Scrabble scoring

  • 9 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 3469 chance (0.03%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 21502 chance.

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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.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)
  • No anagrams can be formed by removing a letter (New word formed with all the letters of the word minus a letter.)

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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