Unscramble RETIRALS and you have 278 words, RETIRALS itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of RETIRALS are on the page: RETRIALS and TRAILERS, each 8 points. 15 shorter words score 7, among them TRAILER, REALIST and RETAILS. 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 RETIRALS by length: 3 with 8 letters, 15 with 7, 59 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Every one of the 59 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RETIRALS scores 6. RETAIL, SERIAL and ALERTS are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words from RETIRALS come to 60, each scoring 5 points. RATES, LEAST and LATER are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words in RETIRALS score 4 points. LIST, LAST and EAST are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 3-letter words made with RETIRALS letters scores 3. ARE, ITS and SET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of RETIRALS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with RE · ending in LS · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by RETRIALS and TRAILERS (8 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
RETIRALS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETIRALS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 278) | 231 | 277 | 218 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RETIRALS, RERAILS, RETIRAL, SERRATI, ARRETS, ARSIER, ARTIES, RAILES, RERAIL, SAIRER, STIRRA, STIRRE and 34 more, 46 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ARTSIE, RISTRA, LITES, REAIS, RESAT, RESIT, ARIE, LIAS, RAIS, ATS, EST, RAI and 1 more, 13 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
Each word below uses all the letters of RETIRALS and one more.