d 2 e 1 t 1 e 1 n 1 t 1 i 1 o 1 n 1
9 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
noun a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
originBorrowed from Middle French détention, from Latin detentio, detentionem. Equivalent to detain + -tion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- dentine 8
- dinette 8
- endnote 8
- intoned 8
- tenoned 8
- tontine 7
- denote 7
- dentin 7
- detent 7
- ditone 7
- donnee 7
- eident 7