Unscramble RETROACTIONS to get 463 words. RETROACTIONS itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 5 reach 13 points, RETRACTIONS, CARTOONIEST and CONTRASTIER among them. The 12 letters split into 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from RETROACTIONS split into 1 with 12 letters, 7 with 11, 14 with 10, 49 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2.
5 of 7 11-letter words made with RETROACTIONS letters tie at 13 points; none scores more. RESTORATION will look familiar.
Among 14 10-letter words in RETROACTIONS, the top score is 12, reached by 11. CARTOONIST is the familiar one.
35 of 49 9-letter words from RETROACTIONS tie at 11 points; none scores more. REACTIONS, CREATIONS and RESTRAINT will look familiar.
Every one of the 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble RETROACTIONS scores 10. CREATION, CONTRAST and CARTOONS are everyday picks.
The 7-letter words in RETROACTIONS come to 60, each scoring 9 points. CERTAIN, ACTIONS and CONTEST are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 6-letter words made with RETROACTIONS letters score 8 points. ACTION, CASINO and ACTORS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RETROACTIONS scores 7. COAST, COINS and ACTOR are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words from RETROACTIONS come to 60, each scoring 6 points. CASE, CARE and COST are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words in RETROACTIONS; 26 of them share the top score of 5. ARE, CAN and ITS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of RETROACTIONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with RE · ending in NS · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CARTOONIEST and RETRACTIONS (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. RETROACTIONS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETROACTIONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 463) | 379 | 463 | 332 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CONTRASTIER, TRIACONTERS, ACROTERION, CINERATORS, TRIACONTER, CINERATOR, CONSORTER, COTTONIER, NARCOTIST, ORIENTATORS, RETRAICTS, STRATONIC and 72 more, 84 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CARTOONIEST, CARTOONIER, ACTIONERS, CORNETTOS, CORRETTOS, CROONIEST, NARCOTISE, SONICATOR, TORTRICES, TRIACTORS, ACTIONER, CANTORIS and 35 more, 47 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of RETROACTIONS spell the words below.