262 words come out when you unscramble RETRAITS, starting with RETRAITS itself: 8 in Scrabble, 8 in Words With Friends. RETRAITS has 2 anagrams here, STRAITER and TARRIEST, scoring 8 like RETRAITS itself. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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By length, the words from RETRAITS split into 3 with 8 letters, 20 with 7, 52 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 17 with 2.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RETRAITS come to 52, each scoring 6 points. ARTIST, SIERRA and ARREST are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words from RETRAITS score 5 points. STATE, START and RATES are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words in RETRAITS scores 4. SITE, RATE and EAST are everyday picks.
All 50 of the 3-letter words made with RETRAITS letters score 3 points. ARE, ITS and SET are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of RETRAITS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by STRAITER and TARRIEST (8 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
RETRAITS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETRAITS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 262) | 201 | 261 | 186 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
60 of the 262 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RETRAITS, RETRAIT, SERRATI, TERTIAS, ARETTS, ARRETS, ARSIER, ARTIES, ASTERT, SAIRER, SITTAR, STIRRA and 48 more. 15 of the 262 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TARTIER, ARTSIE, RISTRA, TETRIS, REAIS, RESAT, RESIT, TASER, ARIE, RAIS, ATS, EST and 3 more. 1 of the 262 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
These 12 words take every letter of RETRAITS plus a single extra one.