327 words come out when you unscramble RETRENCHING, starting with RETRENCHING itself: 17 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. It has 11 letters, 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from RETRENCHING split into 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 4 with 9, 16 with 8, 49 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 15 with 2.
INTRENCHER tops the 10-letter words made with RETRENCHING letters at 15 points; next comes RECENTRING on 13.
CHEERING, REECHING and RETCHING share the top score of 14 among the 8-letter words from RETRENCHING. ENTERING and INHERENT are the ones most people know.
EECHING and ETCHING are the top 7-letter words you get when you unscramble RETRENCHING, 13 points each. GENERIC, NEITHER and GENETIC will look familiar.
The 6-letter words from RETRENCHING are led by CHIGRE, ECHING and GRINCH, 12 points each. CENTER, RECENT and EITHER are the familiar ones.
CHING, GINCH and GITCH are the top 5-letter words in RETRENCHING, 11 points each. THERE, RIGHT and THREE will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words made with RETRENCHING letters, the top score is 9, reached by 12. HERE, THEN and TECH are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble RETRENCHING tie at 8 points; none scores more. GET, NET and INN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of RETRENCHING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with RE · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
RETRENCHING 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 RETRENCHING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETRENCHING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 327) | 242 | 327 | 221 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
85 of the 327 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INTRENCHER, REECHING, EECHING, RECENTRING, CENTREING, CHIGRE, INHERCE, RICHTER, CHENET, NICHER, RECHIE, RIGHTEN and 73 more. 21 of the 327 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CHIRREN, CHING, GINCH, GITCH, INCHER, RERENTING, ECHT, HENGE, TECH, HIREE, INCENT, RECIT and 9 more.
With one more tile, the letters of RETRENCHING spell the words below.