Detours

7 lettersnouncommon

Updated June 2026

Definition

Plural of detour: alternative routes taken to avoid an obstruction or to visit something along the way.

“The road works force motorists to take lengthy detours through narrow country lanes.”

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Synonyms

diversionsbypassesalternative routes

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Wordle

Ends in -OURS and contains a balanced mix of vowels including O, U, and E

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Scrabble

Worth 8 points and a clean everyday word, reliable for consuming common tiles from your rack

Words Related to Detours

Anagrams of Detours

Words that use exactly the same letters as “detours”.

dourest

Words one letter different

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devours

Words you can make from Detours

Shorter words formed from the letters in “detours”.

detour duster ousted ouster outers roused routed routes rudest rusted sorted soured stored strode toured desto detur doers doest dorse dorts doser doter dotes

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