Unscramble RETRACEMENT to get 309 words. RETRACEMENT itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, METACENTER and METACENTRE lead with 14 points. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
R1E1T1R1A1C34E1M34E1N12T1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from RETRACEMENT by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 3 with 9, 14 with 8, 31 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
The 10-letter words made with RETRACEMENT letters come to 2, each scoring 14 points.
7 of 31 7-letter words you get when you unscramble RETRACEMENT tie at 11 points; none scores more. TERRACE, RETREAT and CATERER will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RETRACEMENT, the top score is 10, reached by 9. CENTER, RECENT and CREATE are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 5-letter words from RETRACEMENT tie at 9 points; none scores more. CREAM, METER and MEANT will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words in RETRACEMENT, the top score is 8, reached by 7. NAME, CARE and TEAM are the familiar ones.
CAM and MAC are the top 3-letter words made with RETRACEMENT letters, 7 points each. ARE, CAN and CAR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of RETRACEMENT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with RE · ending in NT · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; METACENTRE (14 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts RETRACEMENT, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETRACEMENT itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 309) | 253 | 309 | 241 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 56 of them: RETRACEMENT, CREMANT, MEERCAT, TERAMETER, CAREME, MERCAT, RECENTRE, CRAME, REMANET, TRANECT, ARRECT, CREANT and 44 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: METACENTRE, RECREMENT, RECEMENT, MENTEE, MERC, NATTERER, RAMEN, CERT, TREM, ARENE, TEC and TE.
This word takes every letter of RETRACEMENT plus a single extra one.