Unscramble IRRETENTIVE and you have 223 words, IRRETENTIVE itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from IRRETENTIVE by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 9, 10 with 8, 31 with 7, 54 with 6, 37 with 5, 50 with 4, 29 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
RETENTIVE is the only one of the 9-letter words made with IRRETENTIVE letters; it scores 12 points.
14 of 31 7-letter words you get when you unscramble IRRETENTIVE tie at 10 points; none scores more. RETIREE and NITRITE will look familiar.
Of the 54 6-letter words from IRRETENTIVE, 23 score 9 points, the group's best. ENTIRE, INVITE and RETIRE are the ones most people know.
Among 37 5-letter words from IRRETENTIVE, the top score is 8, reached by 18. NEVER, EVENT and ENTER are the familiar ones.
17 of 50 4-letter words in IRRETENTIVE tie at 7 points; none scores more. EVEN, TEEN and EVER will look familiar.
Keep every letter of IRRETENTIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with IR · ending in VE · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; INVERTER, REINVITE, RETRIEVE, REVERENT, RIVERINE and TIRRIVEE (11 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
IRRETENTIVE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the Words With Friends list leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IRRETENTIVE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 223) | 166 | 222 | 159 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
56 of the 223 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: IRRETENTIVE, EVERNET, RIVERET, VENERER, VERRINE, ENERVE, NERVER, VENITE, VENTRE, VIRENT, EEVEN, ERVEN and 44 more. 8 of the 223 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EVENTER, VETTER, ETRIER, RERENT, VIN, TETRI, TEIN and TE. 1 of the 223 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: ITER.
With one more tile, the letters of IRRETENTIVE spell the words below.