Unscramble RETRACTOR and you have 178 words, RETRACTOR itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is RETROACT, 10 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from RETRACTOR by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 22 with 6, 44 with 5, 50 with 4, 43 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with RETRACTOR letters: RETROACT, for 10 points.
44 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RETRACTOR; 22 of them share the top score of 7. ERROR, TREAT and ACTOR are everyday picks.
Among 50 4-letter words made with RETRACTOR letters, the top score is 6, reached by 22. CARE, RATE and CART are the familiar ones.
14 of 43 3-letter words you get when you unscramble RETRACTOR tie at 5 points; none scores more. ARE, CAR and ART will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of RETRACTOR, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with RE · ending in OR · all 9-letter words
RETRACTOR first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RETRACTOR, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETRACTOR itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 178) | 155 | 178 | 147 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ACROTER, ARRECT, CORREA, COATE, CRARE, ACER, ATOC, COTT, OCTA, RORTER, TORRET, ARETT and 11 more, 23 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: RECOAT, ACRO, CERT, ECO, TEC, TORTA, ARO and TE, 8 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of RETRACTOR and one more.