detour

detour is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A turning; a circuitous route; a deviation from a direct course; as, the detours of the Mississippi. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A turning; a circuitous route; a deviation from a direct course; as, the detours of the Mississippi.
2. noun. a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
3. verb. travel via a detour

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in detour:

derout, douter, redout, routed, toured

Common word forms

detours, detoured, detouring

Words from these letters

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