140 words come out when you unscramble RETROFLEX, starting with RETROFLEX itself: 19 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, REFLEX and FLEXOR lead with 16 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from RETROFLEX split into 1 with 9 letters, 13 with 6, 25 with 5, 47 with 4, 39 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 or 7 letters.
FLEX, FLOX and FOLX share the top score of 14 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RETROFLEX. FREE, LEFT and FEEL are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of RETROFLEX but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with RE · ending in X · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FLEXOR and REFLEX (16 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RETROFLEX, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETROFLEX itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 140) | 112 | 140 | 106 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 28 of them: FLEXO, FLOX, RETOX, EXO, TEX, FELTER, FERER, FLOTE, FOREL, FREET, LEFTE, TERFE and 16 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: FOREX, FOLX, OXER, FE, LOR and TE.