142 words come out when you unscramble RETORTIVE, starting with RETORTIVE itself: 12 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from RETORTIVE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 5 with 7, 25 with 6, 27 with 5, 43 with 4, 27 with 3 and 12 with 2.
11 of 25 6-letter words from RETORTIVE tie at 9 points; none scores more. RETIRE and REVERT will look familiar.
Of the 27 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RETORTIVE, 14 score 8 points, the group's best. RIVER, ROVER and RETRO are the ones most people know.
43 4-letter words from RETORTIVE; 16 of them share the top score of 7. OVER, EVER and TREE are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of RETORTIVE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with RE · ending in VE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; OVERTIRE (11 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: RETORTIVE is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETORTIVE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 142) | 107 | 141 | 101 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RETORTIVE, RIVERET, TORTIVE, VIRETOT, REVIE, RIEVE, VITRO, EREV, EVET, EVOE, RIVO, VIRE and 22 more, 34 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VETTER, TORTIERE, ETRIER, TETRI, OI and TE, 6 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.