375 words come out when you unscramble RETRACTATION, starting with RETRACTATION itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 12: 4 of them, ATTRACTION, RETRACTION and TERRACOTTA included. 12 letters: 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from RETRACTATION by length: 1 with 12 letters, 4 with 10, 11 with 9, 34 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2. None has 11 letters.
Every one of the 4 10-letter words in RETRACTATION scores 12. ATTRACTION is an everyday pick.
34 8-letter words you get when you unscramble RETRACTATION; 23 of them share the top score of 10. CREATION, REACTION and INTERACT are everyday picks.
55 of 60 7-letter words from RETRACTATION tie at 9 points; none scores more. CERTAIN, CREATOR and ATTRACT will look familiar.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words in RETRACTATION scores 8. ACTION, CORNER and EROTIC are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words made with RETRACTATION letters come to 60, each scoring 7 points. OCEAN, ACTOR and CRANE are the familiar ones.
58 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RETRACTATION tie at 6 points; none scores more. CARE, CART and ONCE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from RETRACTATION, 20 score 5 points, the group's best. NOT, ARE and CAN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of RETRACTATION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with RE · ending in ON · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ATTRACTION, RETRACTION and TERRACOTTA (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
RETRACTATION 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETRACTATION itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 375) | 297 | 375 | 273 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RETRACTATION, TRIACONTER, ACROTERIA, CINERATOR, ECOTARIAN, TRACTATOR, CONTRAIR, CONTRATE, RETRAICT, TRANCIER, ACROTER, AEROTRAIN and 66 more, 78 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TERRACOTTA, ATTRACTER, ACTIONER, CORNETTI, TRIACTOR, ATRETIC, CORNETT, CORTINA, TACRINE, CANOER, CENTAI, TENTORIA and 12 more, 24 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of RETRACTATION and one more.