325 words come out when you unscramble RETARDATIVE, starting with RETARDATIVE itself: 15 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from RETARDATIVE by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 9, 14 with 8, 48 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Of the 48 7-letter words you get when you unscramble RETARDATIVE, 13 score 11 points, the group's best. TREATED, ARRIVED and RETIRED are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words from RETARDATIVE, the top score is 10, reached by 18. READER, DRIVER and ARRIVE are the familiar ones.
10 of 60 5-letter words made with RETARDATIVE letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. DRIVE, RIVER and RATED will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RETARDATIVE, 11 score 8 points, the group's best. DATE, DATA and EVER are the ones most people know.
DEV, DIV and VID are the top 3-letter words from RETARDATIVE, 7 points each. ARE, ART and AIR will look familiar.
Trade one tile of RETARDATIVE for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with RE · ending in VE · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DERIVATE, DIVERTER, RIVETTED, VARIATED and VERDITER (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
RETARDATIVE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETARDATIVE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 325) | 241 | 324 | 229 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 84 of them: RETARDATIVE, EVIRATED, EVITATED, TAIVERED, RIVERED, TAVERED, VERDITE, AVIDER, AVIETTE, EVIRATE, EVITATE, REVIED and 72 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: TARDIVE, AVERTER, RAVIER, VETTER, DEVI, TARTARE, TARTIER, VID, ATTED, DA, RAI and TE. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: RETARDATE.