Unscramble RETROACTS to get 297 words. RETROACTS itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from RETROACTS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 8 with 8, 31 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Of the 31 7-letter words in RETROACTS, 21 score 9 points, the group's best. CREATOR, STARTER and TRACTOR are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RETROACTS; 52 of them share the top score of 8. SECTOR, ACTORS and ESCORT are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words from RETROACTS come to 60, each scoring 7 points. SCORE, COAST and COSTA are the familiar ones.
48 of 60 4-letter words from RETROACTS tie at 6 points; none scores more. CASE, CARE and COST will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words in RETROACTS, the top score is 5, reached by 18. ARE, SET and CAR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of RETROACTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with RE · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
What RETROACTS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
RETROACTS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETROACTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 297) | 252 | 297 | 229 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 45 of them: ACROTERS, SECTATOR, ACROTER, CORREAS, ARRECT, COATES, CORREA, CRARES, CRESTA, SCARRE, SCEATT, SCROTE and 33 more. Words With Friends* skips 23 of them: ARROCES, RECOATS, OCREAS, RECOAT, ROSACE, ACROS, CERTS, OSCAR, ACRO, CERT, CORS, ECOS and 11 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of RETROACTS and one more.