296 words come out when you unscramble RETARDANCE, starting with RETARDANCE itself: 13 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 10 reach 11 points, TERRACED, DECANTER and RETRACED among them. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from RETARDANCE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 13 with 8, 29 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Of the 13 8-letter words made with RETARDANCE letters, 10 score 11 points, the group's best. NARRATED, TERRACED and DECANTER are the ones most people know.
Among 29 7-letter words in RETARDANCE, the top score is 10, reached by 13. CREATED, TERRACE and ENACTED are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RETARDANCE, 22 score 9 points, the group's best. CENTER, RECENT and CREATE are the ones most people know.
17 of 60 5-letter words from RETARDANCE tie at 8 points; none scores more. DANCE, TRACE and CEDAR will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with RETARDANCE letters, 8 score 7 points, the group's best. DATE, DATA and READ are the ones most people know.
CAD tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble RETARDANCE at 6 points; next come ACE and ACT on 5. ARE, CAN and CAR will look familiar.
Trade one tile of RETARDANCE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with RE · ending in CE · all 10-letter words
RETARDANCE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US accepts RETARDANCE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETARDANCE itself | Yes | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 296) | 237 | 295 | 226 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
59 of the 296 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NECTARED, CANTRED, CEDRATE, ENRACED, CARDAN, CENDRE, CERNED, RANCED, ACATER, ARRECT, CAAED, CADEE and 47 more. 10 of the 296 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DRACENA, DECAN, CRED, TACAN, CERT, DENAR, TEC, DAN, DA and TE. 1 of the 296 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: RETARDANCE.
This word takes every letter of RETARDANCE plus a single extra one.