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Unscramble RETAINS to get 248 words. RETAINS itself is a real word: 7 points on a Scrabble board, 8 in Words With Friends. It has 10 anagrams at 7 points each, among them ANESTRI, ANTSIER and NASTIER. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of RETAINS at once for 57 in Scrabble (7 + 50) or 43 in Words With Friends (8 + 35).

Looking for sainter, ranties, rainest, sinater, estrain, triesan, resaint, seraint, rainste or etrains? They use the same letters as RETAINS, 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.

Possible Words From retains

By length, the words from RETAINS split into 11 with 7 letters, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.

7 Letter Words You Can Make with retains

RETAINS and 10 anagrams, STEARIN, STARNIE and STAINER and 7 more, make up the 7-letter words made with RETAINS letters; each scores 7 points.

6 Letter Words You Can Make with retains

All 35 of the 6-letter words in RETAINS score 6 points. INSERT, STRAIN and RETAIN are the ones most people know.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with retains

The 5-letter words from RETAINS come to 60, each scoring 5 points. RATES, SAINT and RAISE are the familiar ones.

4 Letter Words You Can Make with retains

All 60 of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RETAINS score 4 points. RATE, EAST and ARTS are the ones most people know.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with retains

Every one of the 60 3-letter words from RETAINS scores 3. ARE, ITS and SET are everyday picks.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with retains

All 22 of the 2-letter words in RETAINS score 2 points. IN, IS and IT are the ones most people know.

Change One Tile in RETAINS

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

More 7-letter words: starting with RE · ending in NS · all 7-letter words

Meanings of the Strongest RETAINS Answers

RETAINS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.

Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends

RETAINS 7 · 8
to keep possession of
ANESTRI 7 · 8
a period of sexual dormancy
ANTSIER 7 · 8
nervously restless
NASTIER 7 · 8
offensive to the senses
RATINES 7 · 8
a heavy fabric woven loosely
RETINAS 7 · 8
a membrane of the eye
RETSINA 7 · 8
a resin-flavored Greek wine
STAINER 7 · 8
one that stains

Is RETAINS Playable in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

RETAINS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.

GameScrabble USScrabble UKWords With Friends*
RETAINS itselfYesYesYes
Answers accepted (of 248)198247182

* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.

Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 49 of them: RESIANT, STARNIE, ARTIES, RAINES, TRANSE, AESIR, ARETS, ARTIS, EARNT, EARST, INTRA, ISNAE and 37 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: ARTSIE, SARNIE, SEITAN, STRINE, REAIS, RESAT, RESIT, ARIE, NAES, NARE, RAIS, ATS and 4 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ITER.

One Extra Tile and RETAINS Grows

Each word below uses all the letters of RETAINS and one more.

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