Unscramble RETROFLEXING and you have 366 words, RETROFLEXING itself among them: it scores 23 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. REFLEXING is the best of the shorter words, at 20 points. It has 12 letters, 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from RETROFLEXING split into 1 with 12 letters, 8 with 9, 27 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2. None has 11 or 10 letters.
Among 27 8-letter words in RETROFLEXING, the top score is 16, reached by 5. EXTERIOR, FRONTIER and FLEETING are the familiar ones.
FLEXING tops the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble RETROFLEXING at 18 points; next come FLEXION on 17 and EXIGENT on 15. FOREIGN, FEELING and INTEGER will look familiar.
FOXING scores highest among the 6-letter words from RETROFLEXING at 17 points, ahead of FLEXOR and FORNIX on 16. FILTER, RELIEF and FORGET are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RETROFLEXING, the top score is 15, reached by 8. FRONT, FLEET and FORGE are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words from RETROFLEXING; 5 of them share the top score of 14. FREE, NEXT and INFO are everyday picks.
FIX and FOX share the top score of 13 among the 3-letter words in RETROFLEXING. GET, GOT and LOG are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of RETROFLEXING for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 12-letter words: starting with RE · ending in NG · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with REFLEXING (20 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: RETROFLEXING is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETROFLEXING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 366) | 277 | 365 | 250 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 88 of them: RETROFLEXING, GENETRIX, ORIFEX, OXTERING, RETOXING, ENFIX, EXFIL, FLEXI, FLEXO, FOXIE, FLIX, FLOX and 76 more. Words With Friends* skips 27 of them: FOREX, FOLX, EXILER, EXING, REXINE, REGIFTER, FIGTREE, FROGLET, OXER, FELTIER, GIFTEE, REGIFT and 15 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.