Unscramble RETROGRADE and you have 284 words, RETROGRADE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from RETROGRADE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 10 with 8, 14 with 7, 58 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 9 letters.
15 of 58 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RETROGRADE tie at 8 points; none scores more. READER, AGREED and REGARD will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from RETROGRADE; 12 of them share the top score of 7. ORDER, GREAT and RATED are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RETROGRADE, the top score is 6, reached by 13. DATE, GEAR and EDGE are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words from RETROGRADE, 6 score 5 points, the group's best. ARE, GET and ART are the ones most people know.
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DEROGATE, GARRETED, GARROTED, GARTERED and REGRATED (10 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RETROGRADE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETROGRADE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 284) | 227 | 283 | 210 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
56 of the 284 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: REGARDER, DOGEATE, REGRATER, REGRATOR, DOGATE, DROGER, RADGER, TARGED, TODGER, DARTRE, DOATER, DORTER and 44 more. 18 of the 284 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GARRETED, REORGED, ROGERED, DREARER, OGEED, RETROD, TOERAG, GATER, RAGER, REORG, AGRO, AREG and 6 more. 1 of the 284 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: DAGO.
With one more tile, the letters of RETROGRADE spell the words below.