Unscramble RETAINING and you have 285 words, RETAINING itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
Looking for ingretina? They use the same letters as RETAINING, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from RETAINING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 33 with 7, 54 with 6, 54 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Among 33 7-letter words in RETAINING, the top score is 8, reached by 29. EARNING, GRANITE and RENTING are the familiar ones.
38 of 54 6-letter words from RETAINING tie at 7 points; none scores more. RATING, EATING and RETAIN will look familiar.
Of the 54 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RETAINING, 30 score 6 points, the group's best. GREAT, RANGE and AGENT are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with RETAINING letters; 44 of them share the top score of 5. ANTI, RING and GEAR are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble RETAINING, the top score is 4, reached by 22. ARE, GET and ART are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of RETAINING, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with RE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The meaning of RETAINING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. RETAINING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETAINING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 285) | 219 | 284 | 202 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 65 of them: AIRNING, RAITING, TERNING, TIGRINE, EANING, ENRING, ERNING, GIRNIE, GRAINE, INGINE, RAGINI, TAEING and 53 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: INTEGRIN, ARTIGI, INNAGE, TAGINE, TRANNIE, ATIGI, GATER, AREG, GEAN, GITE, INNIE, NINER and 5 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ITER.
Each word below uses all the letters of RETAINING and one more.