355 words come out when you unscramble RETINULAS, starting with RETINULAS itself: 9 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 8: 23 of them, INSULATE, NEUTRALS and LATRINES included. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from RETINULAS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 23 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2.
The 7-letter words made with RETINULAS letters come to 60, each scoring 7 points. RENTALS, NEUTRAL and RETAINS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 6-letter words from RETINULAS score 6 points. LISTEN, LINEAR and ALERTS are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RETINULAS come to 60, each scoring 5 points. ALERT, INTER and ALIEN are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words made with RETINULAS letters score 4 points. EAST, ARTS and ANTI are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble RETINULAS scores 3. ARE, ITS and ART are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of RETINULAS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with RE · ending in AS · all 9-letter words
What RETINULAS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RETINULAS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETINULAS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 355) | 283 | 354 | 270 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 71 of them: LARNIEST, LUNARIES, LUNARIST, REINSTAL, AUNTERS, EASTLIN, ENTRAIL, RESIANT, SITULAE, SLANTER, SLINTER, ALTERN and 59 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: LUSTRINE, SLANTIER, INSULAE, LUNATES, ARTSIE, INSULA, INTELS, INTEL, ARIE, ATS, EST, LUN and 1 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ITER.
These 11 words take every letter of RETINULAS plus a single extra one.