Unscramble RETROGRADES and you have 372 words, RETROGRADES itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 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.
Words from RETROGRADES by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 6 with 9, 38 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words made with RETROGRADES letters: RETROGRADE, for 12 points.
Among 38 8-letter words you get when you unscramble RETROGRADES, the top score is 10, reached by 13. ARRESTED, RESTORED and ROADSTER are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 7-letter words from RETROGRADES, 17 score 9 points, the group's best. GREATER, READERS and REGARDS are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words made with RETROGRADES letters; 30 of them share the top score of 8. AGREED, REGARD and DESERT are everyday picks.
25 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RETROGRADES tie at 7 points; none scores more. GRADE, AGREE and DATES will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from RETROGRADES, 19 score 6 points, the group's best. DATE, DOES and EDGE are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words in RETROGRADES; 6 of them share the top score of 5. ARE, GET and GOT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of RETROGRADES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with RE · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DEROGATES (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RETROGRADES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETROGRADES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 372) | 279 | 369 | 260 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 90 of them: REGARDERS, DOGEATES, GASTERED, GOADSTER, GOSTERED, REGARDER, REGRATERS, REGRATORS, DOGATES, DOGEATE, DROGERS, OSTREGER and 78 more. Words With Friends* skips 22 of them: GARRETED, DREAREST, REORGED, ROGERED, ROSTERED, DREARER, SERGED, OGEED, AGROS, DORES, AGRO, AREG and 10 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 3 of them: DAGOES, DAGOS and DAGO.