Detentes is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.
You can make 115 anagrams from letters in detentes (deeenstt).
From French, dating back to 1905-10; See origin at detent
If Obama's strategy is to dial back the blue/red civil war to a detente, Franken's is to escalate it to World War III.
The Ambassador quite appreciated that the purpose of the mission was to create a detente, as distinguished from an entente.
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