231 words come out when you unscramble RETORTING, starting with RETORTING itself: 10 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. GROTTIER and OTTERING are the best of the shorter words, at 9 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from RETORTING by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 10 with 7, 36 with 6, 49 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 18 with 2.
16 of 36 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RETORTING tie at 7 points; none scores more. REGION, IGNORE and GOTTEN will look familiar.
Of the 49 5-letter words from RETORTING, 23 score 6 points, the group's best. INTER, TIGER and INTRO are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from RETORTING, the top score is 5, reached by 29. NOTE, RING and RENT are the familiar ones.
25 of 55 3-letter words in RETORTING tie at 4 points; none scores more. NOT, ONE and GET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of RETORTING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with RE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What RETORTING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RETORTING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETORTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 231) | 179 | 230 | 166 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
51 of the 231 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OTTERING, RORTING, TENTIGO, GIRNER, ROTING, ERGON, ERING, GOIER, GREIN, GRONE, TOING, TONITE and 39 more. 13 of the 231 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GRITTER, REORG, GITE, TETRI, TROG, GRR, NEG, ORG, RENO, TEIN, GI, OI and 1 more. 1 of the 231 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
Each word below uses all the letters of RETORTING and one more.