Unscramble RETAINER and you have 199 words, RETAINER itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 12 reach 7 points, TRAINER, TERRAIN and TRAINEE among them. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
Looking for neartire, taerrein, erantier, enterira, rantieer, erretain, rantiere, reinerat, aretrine or neterari? They use the same letters as RETAINER, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from RETAINER by length: 1 with 8 letters, 12 with 7, 27 with 6, 41 with 5, 54 with 4, 46 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Every one of the 27 6-letter words made with RETAINER letters scores 6. ENTIRE, RETAIN and RETIRE are everyday picks.
All 41 of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RETAINER score 5 points. ENTER, TRAIN and INTER are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words from RETAINER come to 54, each scoring 4 points. RATE, TEEN and NEAR are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of RETAINER for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with RE · ending in ER · all 8-letter words
What RETAINER means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. RETAINER is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETAINER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 199) | 155 | 198 | 146 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 43 of them: INERTER, NERITE, RATEEN, REITER, AINEE, ARERE, ARRET, EARNT, INTRA, NARRE, RAINE, RAREE and 31 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: ETRIER, RERENT, ARENE, ARIE, NARE, TEIN, TIAN, RAI and TE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ITER.
These 12 words take every letter of RETAINER plus a single extra one.