Unscramble RETAXING and you have 226 words, RETAXING itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, TAXING and RAXING lead with 14 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from RETAXING by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 27 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words made with RETAXING letters, RAXING and TAXING tie for first at 14 points. RATING, EATING and RETAIN are everyday picks.
AXING and EXING are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RETAXING, 13 points each. GREAT, RANGE and EXTRA will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words from RETAXING is GREX, 12 points; EXIT and NEXT on 11 follow. ANTI, RING and GEAR are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words made with RETAXING letters, the top score is 10, reached by 7. ARE, GET and ART are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of RETAXING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with RE · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
What RETAXING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RETAXING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETAXING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 226) | 180 | 225 | 167 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
45 of the 226 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GREX, NIXER, TEX, GRAINE, TAEING, TANGIE, TEAING, TIRAGE, AGRIN, ERING, GREIN, NGATI and 33 more. 13 of the 226 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EXING, TIX, TAGINE, GATER, AREG, GEAN, GITE, ARIE, NARE, NEG, GI, RAI and 1 more. 1 of the 226 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.