Crossword-Solution: DETOUR 6 letters, 107 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 7

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Word Word Type Definition
Detour n. A turning; a circuitous route; a deviation from a direct
course; as, the detours of the Mississippi.

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Word Anagrams
DETOUR anagram DEROUT, REDOUT, ROUTED, RUDETO, TOURDE, TOURED, TROUDE

We have 107 clues for the answer “DETOUR”

Clue Answers
A parade may require one 1 answer
ALTER native route 1 answer
Annoyance for a commuter 1 answer
Arrow word 1 answer
Commuter's bane 1 answer
Commuting nuisance 1 answer
Construction by-product 1 answer
Construction site sign 1 answer
Driver's annoyance 1 answer
Frustrating road sign 1 answer
GPS button 1 answer
It may go around the block 1 answer
It's rarely a shortcut 1 answer
It's routed differently (in two ways) 1 answer
Londoners call it a diversion 1 answer
Motorist's diversion 1 answer
Orange road sign word 1 answer
Orange sign 1 answer
Out-of-the-way way 1 answer
Redirected route 1 answer
Road construction sight 1 answer
Road sign that may elicit a groan 1 answer
Road sign we could do without 1 answer
Road trip comedy series co-created by Samantha Bee, with "The" 1 answer
Road-repair sign 1 answer
Roadwork bypass 1 answer
Roadwork rerouting 1 answer
Round about path 1 answer
Roundabout path 1 answer
Roundabout road. 1 answer
Roundabout route 1 answer
Roundabout way 1 answer
Route around a construction area, say 1 answer
Route around the construction area 1 answer
Route that minimizes delays, usually 1 answer
Sign near roadwork, maybe 1 answer
Substitute route 1 answer
Take the long way home, maybe 1 answer
Temporary alternate route 1 answer
The long way around? 1 answer
Traffic workaround 1 answer
Trip lengthener 1 answer
Turn aside from the main route and go by roundabout way 1 answer
Unplanned side trip 1 answer
Unwelcome road sign 1 answer
Way off the beaten track 1 answer
What a parade may necessitate 1 answer
route that is not the most direct one 1 answer
Circuitous alternative to direct path 2 answers
Commuting hassle 2 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with DETOUR (5)

Making a considerable detour to avoid the chance of falling into the hands of the green men, I came at last to the great wall.
The Warlord of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993
Then, too, Tarzan had been forced to make a wide detour to avoid any possibility of meeting with returning raiders.
The Return of Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993
This have I learned of the jungle.” They made a detour about the hostile village, and resumed their journey toward the coast.
The Son of Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993
The ape-man made a slight detour and increased his speed until he had reached a point upon the trail in advance of the horseman.
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar Edgar Rice Burroughs 1995
The train made its accustomed detour through West Philadelphia and North Philadelphia before getting down to business, and the two voyagers felt a personal hatred of the brakemen who permitted passengers from these suburbs to straggle leisurely aboard instead of flogging them in with knotted whips.
The Haunted Bookshop Christopher Morley 2008

Quotes with DETOUR (3)

A nation is a detour of nature to arrive at five or six great men- yes, and then to get around them.
Friedrich Nietzsche
One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it. Everything else was seeking -- a detour, an error.
Hermann Hesse Siddhartha
The really happy person is the one who can enjoy the scenery, even when they have to take a detour.
James Hopwood Jeans
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 77 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).