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Detour

Detour is a 6 letter word, used as a noun or as a verb, grade 5, with French origins, and has the letters deortu (deortu). Starts with d, ends with r, three consonants, three vowels and two syllables.

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6 Letters
3 Consonants
3 Vowels
2 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use detour as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
About Detour
A 2 syllables noun and 6 letters with the letters d, e, o, r, t, and u, 3 consonants, 3 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters to. Detour starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, de, det, deto, detou, and the ending characters are r, ur, our, tour, etour, ..
Definition
A roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
Origin/Roots
French
School Grade
Detour is set as a grade five word that starts with d, ends with r, 2 syllables, 3 vowels and 6 letters.
Scrabble
Is detour a scrabble word? A 7 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Detour in Pig Latin is said as "etourday or etourdway".
Unigram
d | e | t | o | u | r
Bigram
de | et | to | ou | ur
Trigram
det | eto | tou | our
Quadrigram
deto | etou | tour
Word Gram
Noun Examples
a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
Verb Examples
travel via a detour

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Detour"

There are 178 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to detour.

SynonymDefinition
Aberrancea state or condition markedly different from the norm
Aberrancya state or condition markedly different from the norm
Aberrationan optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
Alleya narrow street with walls on both sides
Alleywaya narrow street with walls on both sides
Alterremove the ovaries of
"Is your cat spayed?"
Ambages(archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action
Asidea message that departs from the main subject
Back Door
Back Road

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Anagrams

There are 2 anagrams from detour.
Anagram Definition
Detoura roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
Routed

View English words with the unique letters used in detour. Words With The Letters Deortu

Derives

Detour derives from 1 words.
Word Definition
Detoura roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)

Hypernyms

Detour has 2 hypernyms.
Word Definition
Roada way or means to achieve something
"the road to fame"
Routean open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word detour.

Is detour a scrabble word or can you use detour in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 21558 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 17369 games. This 6 letter 7 point scrabble word can be rearranged 720 ways. What other words can be made with the letters d, e, o, r, t, and u? There's 15 with 8 letters or less with the letters d, e, o, r, t, and u. Here is a list of 15 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Detour (6 letters) 7 8 routed
Redoubt (7 letters) 10 +3 12 +4 outbred
Doubter (7 letters) 10 +3 12 +4 outbred
Educator (8 letters) 11 +4 13 +5 educator
Obtrude (7 letters) 10 +3 12 +4 outbred
Tutored (7 letters) 8 +1 9 +1 tutored
Obdurate (8 letters) 11 +4 13 +5 obdurate
Outbred (7 letters) 10 +3 12 +4 outbred
Tortured (8 letters) 9 +2 10 +2 tortured
Outdare (7 letters) 8 +1 9 +1 readout
Red Out (7 letters)
Readout (7 letters) 8 +1 9 +1 readout
Routed (6 letters) 7 8 routed
Outbreed (8 letters) 11 +4 13 +5 outbreed
Rerouted (8 letters) 9 +2 10 +2 rerouted

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