260 words come out when you unscramble RETROFLEXED, starting with RETROFLEXED itself: 22 in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, REFLEXED and RETROFLEX lead with 19 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from RETROFLEXED split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 9, 5 with 8, 11 with 7, 46 with 6, 57 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 10 letters.
RETROFLEX is the only one of the 9-letter words in RETROFLEXED; it scores 19 points.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RETROFLEXED, DEFLEX and FLEXED tie for first at 17 points. DELETE, FOLDER and FEEDER are everyday picks.
FEDEX and FOXED are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RETROFLEXED, 16 points each. ORDER, OLDER and REFER will look familiar.
FLEX, FLOX and FOLX share the top score of 14 among the 4-letter words from RETROFLEXED. FREE, LEFT and FEEL are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in RETROFLEXED, FOX leads with 13 points, then DEX and DOX on 11. OLD, LET and RED are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of RETROFLEXED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with RE · ending in ED · all 11-letter words
RETROFLEXED first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
RETROFLEXED is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETROFLEXED itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 260) | 202 | 260 | 185 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
58 of the 260 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DEFLEX, FLEXO, OXTERED, RETOXED, EXTOLD, FLOX, EXODE, FELTERED, RETOX, EXO, FEERED, FLEERER and 46 more. 17 of the 260 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: RETROFLEXED, FEDEX, FOREX, FOLX, EXED, DOX, OXER, XED, DEF, RETROD, EELED, DELT and 5 more.