266 words come out when you unscramble RETRIEVING, starting with RETRIEVING itself: 14 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, REVERTING leads with 13 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from RETRIEVING split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 12 with 8, 34 with 7, 49 with 6, 53 with 5, 60 with 4, 44 with 3 and 11 with 2.
9 of 34 7-letter words you get when you unscramble RETRIEVING tie at 11 points; none scores more. INTEGER will look familiar.
Of the 49 6-letter words from RETRIEVING, 10 score 10 points, the group's best. ENTIRE, VIRGIN and INVITE are the ones most people know.
7 of 53 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RETRIEVING tie at 9 points; none scores more. NEVER, GIVEN and EVENT will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words from RETRIEVING is GIVE, 8 points; EEVN and EREV on 7 follow. EVEN, TEEN and EVER are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of RETRIEVING, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with RE · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
What RETRIEVING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
RETRIEVING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETRIEVING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 266) | 199 | 265 | 186 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 66 of them: RIEVING, VENTIGE, VERTING, REITERING, RIVERET, VEGIER, VENGER, VERRINE, VIRING, GREVE, NERVER, TIGERIER and 54 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: VIRGER, RETIEING, ETRIER, REGIE, RERENT, TENGE, VIN, GITE, GRR, NEG, TEIN, GI and 1 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ITER.
With one more tile, the letters of RETRIEVING spell the words below.