Possible Words From retained
Counting the words from RETAINED by length: 2 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 56 with 6, 81 with 5, 110 with 4, 67 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
8 Letter Words You Can Make with retained
2 words · top score 9 · everyday: RETAINED
RETAINED and 1 anagram, DETAINER, make up the 8-letter words in RETAINED; each scores 9 points.
7 Letter Words You Can Make with retained
6 words · top score 8 (+50 for all 7 tiles) · everyday: TRAINED, TRAINEE
ANTIRED, DETRAIN and TRAINED share the top score of 8 among the 7-letter words made with RETAINED letters. TRAINEE is the one most people know.
6 Letter Words You Can Make with retained
56 words · top score 7 · everyday: ENTIRE, EARNED, TENDER
45 of 56 6-letter words from RETAINED tie at 7 points; none scores more. ENTIRE, EARNED and TENDER will look familiar.
5 Letter Words You Can Make with retained
81 words · top score 6 · everyday: ENTER, TRADE, RATED
Of the 81 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RETAINED, 49 score 6 points, the group's best. ENTER, TRADE and RATED are the ones most people know.
4 Letter Words You Can Make with retained
110 words · top score 5 · everyday: DATE, READ, NEED
110 4-letter words in RETAINED; 59 of them share the top score of 5. DATE, READ and NEED are everyday picks.
3 Letter Words You Can Make with retained
67 words · top score 4 · everyday: ARE, END, ART
21 of 67 3-letter words made with RETAINED letters tie at 4 points; none scores more. ARE, END and ART will look familiar.
2 Letter Words You Can Make with retained
24 words · top score 3 · everyday: IN, IT, AT
Of the 24 2-letter words you get when you unscramble RETAINED, 6 score 3 points, the group's best. IN, IT and AT are the ones most people know.
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Neighbor Words of RETAINED
Keep every letter of RETAINED but one, change that one, and you get:
- D R gives RETAINER · words from retainer
- R D gives DETAINED · words from detained
- A S gives RESIDENT · words from resident
- D C gives CREATINE · unscramble creatine
- N A gives ERADIATE · unscramble eradiate
- D K gives ANKERITE · words from ankerite
More 8-letter words: starting with RE · ending in ED · all 8-letter words
What the Best RETAINED Words Mean
RETAINED first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
- RETAINED 9 · 10
- to keep possession of
- DETAINER 9 · 10
- the unlawful withholding of another's property
- ANTIRED 8 · 9
- opposed to communism
- DETRAIN 8 · 9
- to get off a railroad train
- TRAINED 8 · 9
- to instruct systematically
- AEDINE 7 · 8
- pertaining to an aedes
- AERIED 7 · 7
- having an aerie
- AIRTED 7 · 7
- to guide
Is RETAINED Playable in Scrabble and Words With Friends?
RETAINED works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETAINED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 346) | 256 | 345 | 247 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
88 of the 346 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AIRNED, DEANER, EIDENT, ENDART, INDART, RAITED, RANDIE, RENIED, TEDIER, TENDRE, TERNED, TRADIE and 76 more. 11 of the 346 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DENARI, NIDATE, DENAR, IDENT, ARENE, ARIE, DAN, NARE, TEIN, TIAN and TE. 1 of the 346 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: ITER. 1 of the 346 answers is missing from Scrabble US: DI.
Unscramble RETAINED and you have 346 words, RETAINED itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of RETAINED is on the page: DETAINER, each 9 points. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
Longer Words Built on RETAINED
These 12 words take every letter of RETAINED plus a single extra one.