detention
Detention can refer to a state of being confined (usually for a short time) or a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home.
Length
9
Scrabble
10
WWF
12
Starts
DE
Ends
ION
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DETENTION” Mean?
/dɪˈtɛnʃən/
detention has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 sensesa state of being confined (usually for a short time)
“his detention was politically motivated”
“the prisoner is on hold”
“he is in the custody of police”
Synonyms
a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
“the detention of tardy pupils”
Synonyms for DETENTION
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
Length
9 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
N
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
D, E, T, E, N, T, I, O, N
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆DETENTION has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DETENTION is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆DETENTION can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆DETENTION contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
D
Letter Pattern
ABCBDCEFD
CV Pattern
CVCVCCVVC
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
DE, ET, TE, EN, NT, TI, IO, ON
Trigrams
DET, ETE, TEN, ENT, NTI, TIO, ION
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