260 words come out when you unscramble RETROGRESS, starting with RETROGRESS itself: 11 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. OSTREGERS and REGRESSOR are the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from RETROGRESS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 9, 6 with 8, 20 with 7, 54 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 13 with 2.
10 of 20 7-letter words from RETROGRESS tie at 8 points; none scores more. RESORTS, RESTORE and ROSTERS will look familiar.
Of the 54 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RETROGRESS, 21 score 7 points, the group's best. STORES, RESORT and ERRORS are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words made with RETROGRESS letters; 32 of them share the top score of 6. ERROR, GROSS and ROSES are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RETROGRESS, 30 score 5 points, the group's best. REST, SETS and GETS are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of RETROGRESS for another and you can spell these 4 words:
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Short meanings for the 6 highest-scoring answers, starting with RESORTERS and RESTORERS (9 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RETROGRESS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETROGRESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 260) | 197 | 260 | 177 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
63 of the 260 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OSTREGERS, GROSERTS, OSTREGER, GOSTERS, GROSERS, GROSERT, GROSETS, REGESTS, STORGES, GOSTER, GRESES, GROSER and 51 more. 20 of the 260 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SERGERS, REORGS, SERGER, STORERS, GOEST, REORG, SORTES, STORER, TROGS, ORGS, RESES, TROG and 8 more.