Unscramble RETRIBUTED and you have 259 words, RETRIBUTED itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 7 reach 11 points, BUTTERED, REBUTTED and BITTERED among them. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from RETRIBUTED by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 9 with 8, 15 with 7, 49 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 15 with 2.
49 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RETRIBUTED; 15 of them share the top score of 9. BETTER, BUTTER and BURIED are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from RETRIBUTED, the top score is 8, reached by 15. TRIED, TIRED and RIDER are the familiar ones.
12 of 60 4-letter words in RETRIBUTED tie at 7 points; none scores more. EDIT, DEBT and DIET will look familiar.
Of the 48 3-letter words made with RETRIBUTED letters, 6 score 6 points, the group's best. BUT, RED and DUE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of RETRIBUTED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with RE · ending in ED · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BITTERED, BUTTERED, BUTTERIER, REBURIED, REBUTTED and TRUEBRED (11 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
RETRIBUTED 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETRIBUTED itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 259) | 204 | 259 | 196 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 55 of them: RETRIBUTED, RETRIBUTE, BEDRITE, BRIERED, TRIBUTER, BREDIE, BERRET, BETED, BETID, BEURRE, BITTUR, BREID and 43 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: DEBURR, BEEDI, BRUTER, DEBUR, ETRIER, TETRI, UTE and TE.