Unscramble RETROACTION to get 363 words. RETROACTION itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 12, among them RETRACTION, ACROTERION and CARTOONIER. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from RETROACTION by length: 1 with 11 letters, 5 with 10, 4 with 9, 28 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
5 10-letter words made with RETROACTION letters; 4 of them share the top score of 12.
Of the 28 8-letter words you get when you unscramble RETROACTION, 22 score 10 points, the group's best. CREATION, REACTION and INTERACT are the ones most people know.
53 of 60 7-letter words from RETROACTION tie at 9 points; none scores more. CERTAIN, CARTOON and CREATOR will look familiar.
All 60 of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RETROACTION score 8 points. ACTION, NOTICE and CORNER are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words from RETROACTION come to 60, each scoring 7 points. OCEAN, ACTOR and CRANE are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words in RETROACTION; 58 of them share the top score of 6. CARE, CART and ONCE are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words made with RETROACTION letters, the top score is 5, reached by 20. NOT, ARE and CAN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of RETROACTION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with RE · ending in ON · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CARTOONIER and RETRACTION (12 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RETROACTION, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETROACTION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 363) | 293 | 363 | 266 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 70 of them: ACROTERION, TRIACONTER, CINERATOR, COTTONIER, CONTRAIR, CONTRATE, ORIENTATOR, RETRAICT, TRANCIER, ACROTER, ANOETIC, ATTONCE and 58 more. Words With Friends* skips 27 of them: CARTOONIER, ACTIONER, CORNETTI, CORNETTO, CORRETTO, CROONIER, TRIACTOR, ATRETIC, CORNETT, CORTINA, RETORTION, TACRINE and 15 more.
These 2 words take every letter of RETROACTION plus a single extra one.