Unscramble RETENTIVE to get 159 words. RETENTIVE itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
R1E1T1E1N12T1I1V45E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from RETENTIVE split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 5 with 7, 32 with 6, 35 with 5, 47 with 4, 27 with 3 and 10 with 2.
15 of 32 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RETENTIVE tie at 9 points; none scores more. ENTIRE, VENEER and INVERT will look familiar.
35 5-letter words from RETENTIVE; 17 of them share the top score of 8. NEVER, EVENT and ENTER are everyday picks.
Of the 47 4-letter words made with RETENTIVE letters, 17 score 7 points, the group's best. EVEN, TEEN and EVER are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of RETENTIVE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with RE · ending in VE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by EVENTER (10 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
RETENTIVE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETENTIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 159) | 116 | 158 | 110 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
42 of the 159 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EVERNET, ENERVE, VENITE, VENTRE, VIRENT, EEVEN, ERVEN, NEIVE, REINETTE, REVIE, RIEVE, TEENTIER and 30 more. 6 of the 159 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EVENTER, VETTER, VIN, TETRI, TEIN and TE. 1 of the 159 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
With one more tile, the letters of RETENTIVE spell the words below.