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Unscramble RETAINED and you have 268 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.

Looking for arenited, traineed, adernite, anetired, deternai, detinera, draineet, indateer, terained or daterine? They use the same letters as RETAINED, so the words on this page are their answers too.

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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.

Possible Words From retained

Counting the words from RETAINED by length: 2 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 56 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.

8 Letter Words You Can Make with 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

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

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

Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RETAINED, 48 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

60 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

21 of 60 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

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.

Neighbor Words of RETAINED

Keep every letter of RETAINED but one, change that one, and you get:

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 list Words With Friends is built on.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
RETAINED itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 268)202268192

* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.

66 of the 268 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AIRNED, DEANER, EIDENT, ENDART, INDART, RAITED, RANDIE, RENIED, TEDIER, TENDRE, TERNED, TRADIE and 54 more. 10 of the 268 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DENARI, NIDATE, DENAR, IDENT, ARENE, DENI, DAN, DA, RAI and TE.

Longer Words Built on RETAINED

These 12 words take every letter of RETAINED plus a single extra one.

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