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— English words —

• detent n. That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch (stopping mechanism), pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork…
• detent v. The action of creating a detent mechanism to lock or unlock movement.

18 English words from 2 English definitions

action catch clockwork creating detent dog especially lock locks mechanism movement pawl stopping That The unlock unlocks which

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

detente détente detents detented detentes détentes detenting detention detentions detention␣cell detention␣home detention␣basin detention␣cells detention␣homes detention␣basins detention␣centre detention␣centres detention␣officer detention␣warrant detention␣officers detention␣warrants

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

pedetentous redetention nondetention predetention redetentions pedetentously house␣of␣detention mandatory␣detention youth␣detention␣center youth␣detention␣centre youth␣detention␣centers youth␣detention␣centres

14 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

det Det DET det. Det. Dete ent ENT -ent ent- ten TEN tent tent.

7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

net Net NET .NET ted Ted TED

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

netted tented

13 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Dennett dentate detente détente detents dinette nettled snetted stented tendest tendeth tent␣bed tenthed

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

denet Dente dette ented etten teend tenet

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

decent dedent dement Dement detect Detert detest detext retent

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