Unscramble RETALIATED and you have 315 words, RETALIATED itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from RETALIATED by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 13 with 8, 34 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Of the 34 7-letter words from RETALIATED, 24 score 8 points, the group's best. RELATED, TREATED and ALTERED are the ones most people know.
54 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RETALIATED tie at 7 points; none scores more. DETAIL, LEADER and DEALER will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in RETALIATED, 53 score 6 points, the group's best. TRADE, RATED and TRIED are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words made with RETALIATED letters scores 5. DATE, DATA and READ are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble RETALIATED, 20 score 4 points, the group's best. ARE, ART and AIR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of RETALIATED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with RE · ending in ED · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ALITERATE, DETAILER, DETRITAL, DILATATE, ELATERID, ERADIATE, ITERATED and LARIATED (9 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
RETALIATED works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETALIATED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 315) | 250 | 315 | 242 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
65 of the 315 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DIATRETA, ARETTED, LADETTE, REDEALT, TAILARD, ADRATE, AILETTE, ETTLED, IDEATA, LAERED, LAETARE, LEARED and 53 more. 8 of the 315 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: RATTAILED, TRIALED, ATTED, DELT, LEDE, DA, RAI and TE.
This word takes every letter of RETALIATED plus a single extra one.