Unscramble RETROACT and you have 172 words, RETROACT itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
R1E1T1R1O1A1C34T1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from RETROACT by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 19 with 6, 42 with 5, 50 with 4, 43 with 3 and 12 with 2.
22 of 42 5-letter words from RETROACT tie at 7 points; none scores more. TREAT, ACTOR and TRACE will look familiar.
50 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RETROACT; 22 of them share the top score of 6. CARE, RATE and CART are everyday picks.
Of the 43 3-letter words made with RETROACT letters, 14 score 5 points, the group's best. ARE, CAR and ART are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of RETROACT for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with RE · ending in CT · all 8-letter words
The meaning of RETROACT, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RETROACT, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETROACT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 172) | 150 | 172 | 142 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 22 of them: ACROTER, ARRECT, CORREA, COATE, CRARE, ACER, ATOC, COTT, OCTA, TORRET, ARETT, ARRET and 10 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: RECOAT, ACRO, CERT, ECO, TEC, TORTA, ARO and TE.
Each word below uses all the letters of RETROACT and one more.