detainer
The right to keep a person, or a person's goods or property, against his will; a type of custody.
Length
8
Scrabble
9
WWF
10
Starts
DE
Ends
NER
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DETAINER” Mean?
The right to keep a person, or a person's goods or property, against his will; a type of custody.
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
8
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
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Definition
The right to keep a person, or a person's goods or property, against his will; a type of custody.
Length
8 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
R
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Letters
D, E, T, A, I, N, E, R
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆DETAINER has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DETAINER is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DETAINER can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DETAINER contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
D
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFBG
CV Pattern
CVCVVCVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
DE, ET, TA, AI, IN, NE, ER
Trigrams
DET, ETA, TAI, AIN, INE, NER
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