There are 11 words that start with 'detes'.
| detest | detests |
| detested | detester |
| detesters | detesting |
| detestable | detestably |
| detestation | detestations |
| detestableness | |
Note: These 11 words that start with 'detes' are found from the USA & Canada version of the tournament Scrabble word list.