Unscramble RETARDATION to get 369 words. RETARDATION itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. RETARDANT, ANTITRADE and ATTAINDER are the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
R1E1T1A1R1D2A1T1I1O1N12
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from RETARDATION by length: 1 with 11 letters, 4 with 9, 31 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 33 with 2. None has 10 letters.
31 8-letter words in RETARDATION; 24 of them share the top score of 9. RADIATOR, ATTAINED and ANTERIOR are everyday picks.
34 of 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble RETARDATION tie at 8 points; none scores more. TRAINED, TRAINER and TERRAIN will look familiar.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words from RETARDATION scores 7. EDITOR, ATTEND and DONATE are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 5-letter words made with RETARDATION letters score 6 points. ORDER, RADIO and RATED are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RETARDATION come to 60, each scoring 5 points. DATE, DATA and READ are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words from RETARDATION, 31 score 4 points, the group's best. ARE, END and ART are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of RETARDATION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with RE · ending in ON · all 11-letter words
RETARDATION first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RETARDATION, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETARDATION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 369) | 277 | 369 | 254 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
92 of the 369 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AERODART, AEROTRAIN, DARRAINE, DENTARIA, DIATRETA, RAINDATE, TARTANED, ATTONED, DARRAIN, DORTIER, DRONIER, INTRADA and 80 more. 23 of the 369 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ANTITRADE, DERATION, AERADIO, TENTORIA, DENARI, DONAIR, NIDATE, RETROD, TARTARE, TARTIER, ANDRO, ATTED and 11 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of RETARDATION and one more.