There are 16 words that start with 'detec'.
| detect | detects |
| detected | detecter |
| detector | detecters |
| detecting | detection |
| detective | detectors |
| detectable | detections |
| detectives | detectability |
| detectivelike | detectabilities |
Note: These 16 words that start with 'detec' are found from the USA & Canada version of the tournament Scrabble word list.