Unscramble RETRIEVAL and you have 267 words, RETRIEVAL itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
R1E1T1R1I1E1V45A1L12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from RETRIEVAL by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 22 with 7, 48 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 17 with 2.
10 of 22 7-letter words made with RETRIEVAL letters tie at 10 points; none scores more. EARLIER, TRAILER and ATELIER will look familiar.
Of the 48 6-letter words from RETRIEVAL, 27 score 9 points, the group's best. TRAVEL, RETAIL and ARRIVE are the ones most people know.
37 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RETRIEVAL tie at 8 points; none scores more. LATER, RIVER and LEAVE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RETRIEVAL, 36 score 7 points, the group's best. LIVE, EVER and LATE are the ones most people know.
Among 55 3-letter words from RETRIEVAL, the top score is 6, reached by 14. ARE, ART and AIR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of RETRIEVAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with RE · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by LEVIRATE, RELATIVE and TRAVELER (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RETRIEVAL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETRIEVAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 267) | 210 | 266 | 203 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 56 of them: EVIRATE, RELIVER, RIVERET, LEVITE, TAIVER, VALETE, VELETA, VERREL, ARVEE, REVIE, RIEVE, RIVEL and 44 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: AVERTER, RAVIER, VLEI, ETRIER, ARIE, RAI and TE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ITER.
Each word below uses all the letters of RETRIEVAL and one more.