Unscramble RETIGHTEN and you have 233 words, RETIGHTEN itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of RETIGHTEN are on the page: TETHERING and TIGHTENER, each 13 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from RETIGHTEN split into 3 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 17 with 7, 31 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 14 with 2.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RETIGHTEN are led by HETING, HINGER and NIGHER, 10 points each. EITHER, ENTIRE and HEREIN are the familiar ones.
12 of 58 5-letter words from RETIGHTEN tie at 9 points; none scores more. THERE, RIGHT and THREE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in RETIGHTEN, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. HERE, THEN and TEEN are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with RETIGHTEN letters, GHI leads with 7 points, then ETH and HEN on 6. GET, NET and HIT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of RETIGHTEN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with RE · ending in EN · all 9-letter words
RETIGHTEN first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RETIGHTEN, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETIGHTEN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 233) | 184 | 232 | 172 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
48 of the 233 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RIGHTEN, THEEING, HETING, EHING, HETTIE, NITHER, THRENE, ETHNE, GENTIER, HING, RHINE, TEERING and 36 more. 12 of the 233 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HENGE, RINGETTE, THETRI, HIREE, REGIE, TENGE, GITE, TETRI, NEG, TEIN, GI and TE. 1 of the 233 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
These 2 words take every letter of RETIGHTEN plus a single extra one.