Unscramble RETARDANCY and you have 286 words, RETARDANCY itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
R1E1T1A1R1D2A1N12C34Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from RETARDANCY by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 21 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 9 letters.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RETARDANCY are led by CEDARY and DANCEY, 12 points each. ARCADE, TRANCE and DANCER are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 5-letter words from RETARDANCY tie at 11 points; none scores more. ENTRY, READY and DANCE will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words in RETARDANCY, the top score is 9, reached by 5. YEAR, CARE and CARD are the familiar ones.
CAY and CRY are the top 3-letter words made with RETARDANCY letters, 8 points each. ARE, CAN and ANY will look familiar.
Keep every letter of RETARDANCY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with RE · ending in CY · all 10-letter words
RETARDANCY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US accepts RETARDANCY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETARDANCY itself | Yes | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 286) | 214 | 285 | 197 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
72 of the 286 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ENCRATY, TRANCEY, CARDY, CENTRY, CRAYER, DANCY, DARCY, DARRAYN, TRAYNED, TYRANED, CANTRED, CERTY and 60 more. 16 of the 286 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DAYCARE, CEDARY, DANCEY, DENTARY, CRYER, DRACENA, YARDER, DECAN, TAYRA, TRYNA, CRED, YER and 4 more. 1 of the 286 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: RETARDANCY.