Unscramble RETRATES and you have 222 words, RETRATES itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of RETRATES are on the page: RETREATS and TREATERS, each 8 points. The best shorter words score 7: 13 of them, STARTER, RETREAT and RESTART included. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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By length, the words from RETRATES split into 3 with 8 letters, 13 with 7, 41 with 6, 60 with 5, 57 with 4, 35 with 3 and 13 with 2.
All 41 of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RETRATES score 6 points. ESTATE, STREET and ARREST are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words from RETRATES scores 5. STATE, START and RATES are everyday picks.
All 57 of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RETRATES score 4 points. RATE, TEST and EAST are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of RETRATES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with RE · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with RETREATS and TREATERS (8 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
RETRATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETRATES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 222) | 178 | 222 | 168 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: RETRATES, RETRATE, ARETTS, ARRETS, ASTERT, REATES, SAETER, SERRAE, STEARE, ARERE, ARETS, ARETT and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: EASER, RESAT, TASER, TERES, TASE, TRES, ATS, EST, TES and TE.
Each word below uses all the letters of RETRATES and one more.