Unscramble RETENTIVENESS to get 401 words. RETENTIVENESS itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 5 reach 13 points, INTERVENES, INVENTRESS and RETENTIVES among them. It has 13 letters, 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from RETENTIVENESS by length: 1 with 13 letters, 7 with 10, 32 with 9, 56 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 12 or 11 letters.
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Among 7 10-letter words made with RETENTIVENESS letters, the top score is 13, reached by 5.
12 of 32 9-letter words in RETENTIVENESS tie at 12 points; none scores more. INTERESTS, SEVENTEEN and INTERVENE will look familiar.
56 8-letter words you get when you unscramble RETENTIVENESS; 22 of them share the top score of 11. INTERNET and INTEREST are everyday picks.
Among 60 7-letter words from RETENTIVENESS, the top score is 10, reached by 52. ENTRIES, INVERSE and STRIVES are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 6-letter words made with RETENTIVENESS letters score 9 points. EVENTS, SEVERE and SERVES are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RETENTIVENESS; 43 of them share the top score of 8. NEVER, EVENT and ENTER are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from RETENTIVENESS, the top score is 7, reached by 27. EVEN, EVER and REST are the familiar ones.
8 of 51 3-letter words in RETENTIVENESS tie at 6 points; none scores more. SEE, ITS and SET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of RETENTIVENESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with RE · ending in SS · all 13-letter words
What RETENTIVENESS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RETENTIVENESS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETENTIVENESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 401) | 307 | 400 | 276 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RETENTIVES, EVERNETS, SERVIENT, STEEVEST, STIEVEST, TREVISES, ENERVES, ENRIVEN, EVERNET, IVRESSE, SENVIES, SERINETTES and 81 more, 93 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: RESENTIVE, EVENTERS, SEVERIES, SIEVERTS, EVENTER, SIEVERT, TEEVEES, VENENES, VERSINS, VETTERS, INTERNETS, SNEERIEST and 19 more, 31 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
This word takes every letter of RETENTIVENESS plus a single extra one.