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detached

/dɪˈtæt͡ʃt/•adjective

Detached is also used as adjective, with meanings including showing lack of emotional involvement.

6 meanings8 lettersScrabble 15

Length

Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

HED

Difficulty

Hard

Dictionary

What Does “DETACHED” Mean?

/dɪˈtæt͡ʃt/

detached has 6 documented senses across adjective.

Adjective

6 senses

showing lack of emotional involvement

“{'source': 'J.S.Perelman', 'text': 'adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair'}”

“she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive”

“an uninvolved bystander”

Synonyms

degage uninvolved

being or feeling set or kept apart from others

“she felt detached from the group”

“{'source': 'Sherwood Anderson', 'text': 'could not remain the isolated figure he had been'}”

“thought of herself as alone and separated from the others”

“had a set-apart feeling”

Synonyms

isolated separated

no longer connected or joined

“a detached part”

“on one side of the island was a huge rock, almost detached”

“the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases”

Synonyms

separated

used of buildings; standing apart from others

“detached houses”

“a detached garage”

lacking affection or warm feeling

“an uncaring person”

Synonyms

unaffectionate uncaring

not fixed in position

“the detached shutter fell on him”

“he pulled his arm free and ran”

Synonyms

free

Synonyms for DETACHED

degage uninvolved isolated separated unaffectionate uncaring free

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Word Intelligence

Explore the word detached with its definition, score, letter pattern, and useful word game details.

Definition

showing lack of emotional involvement

Length

8 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

D, E, T, A, C, H, E, D

Use Case

Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for detached.

DETACHED is a 8-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 15.

It starts with D and ends with D.

It contains 3 vowels and 5 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 38%.

It has 2 repeated letters.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABCDEFBA.

Vowel/consonant pattern: CVCVCCVC.

Word Strategy

Strategy notes for using detached in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.

Scrabble Strategy

★★★★★

DETACHED has a Scrabble score of 15. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

DETACHED is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.

Crossword Strategy

★★★☆☆

DETACHED can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

DETACHED contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.

Letter Intelligence

A deeper look at the letter structure, patterns, and useful game signals inside detached.

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABCDEFBA

CV Pattern

CVCVCCVC

Vowel Share

38%

Consonant Share

62%

Bigrams

DE, ET, TA, AC, CH, HE, ED

Trigrams

DET, ETA, TAC, ACH, CHE, HED

Crossword Intelligence

Crossword-style clues, crossing help, and pattern notes for detached.

DETACHED is a 8-letter longer themed answer.

It starts with D and ends with D, which helps narrow crossword crossings.

It contains 3 vowels and 5 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is CVCVCCVC.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Hard.