97 words come out when you unscramble RETRENCH, starting with RETRENCH itself: 13 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 13 points: TRENCHER. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
R1E1T1R1E1N12C34H43
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from RETRENCH split into 2 with 8 letters, 12 with 6, 19 with 5, 30 with 4, 24 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Keep every letter of RETRENCH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with RE · ending in CH · all 8-letter words
RETRENCH first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RETRENCH, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETRENCH itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 97) | 71 | 97 | 65 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
26 of the 97 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHENET, CHERE, REECH, CHER, EECH, THRENE, CHE, ECH, ETHNE, CERNE, CH, CTENE and 14 more. 6 of the 97 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ECHT, TECH, CERT, RERENT, TEC and TE.
Each word below uses all the letters of RETRENCH and one more.