Unscramble RETROJECTIONS and you have 435 words, RETROJECTIONS itself among them: it scores 22 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, INTERJECTORS and RETROJECTION lead with 21 points. 13 letters: 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from RETROJECTIONS split into 1 with 13 letters, 2 with 12, 1 with 11, 6 with 10, 40 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
All 2 of the 12-letter words in RETROJECTIONS score 21 points.
INTERJECTOR is the only one of the 11-letter words made with RETROJECTIONS letters; it scores 20 points.
Of the 6 10-letter words you get when you unscramble RETROJECTIONS, 4 score 19 points, the group's best.
9 of 40 9-letter words from RETROJECTIONS tie at 18 points; none scores more. REJECTION, SECRETION and INTERSECT will look familiar.
Among 60 8-letter words from RETROJECTIONS, the top score is 17, reached by 7. RESTRICT, ERECTION and ESOTERIC are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 7-letter words in RETROJECTIONS, 8 score 16 points, the group's best. CENTERS, CONTEST and CENTRES are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 6-letter words made with RETROJECTIONS letters tie at 15 points; none scores more. CENTER, CENTRE and CORNER will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RETROJECTIONS, EJECT and JOCOS tie for first at 14 points. JOINT, COINS and CENTS are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words from RETROJECTIONS, JOCO leads with 13 points, then JEER and JEES on 11. JOIN, COST and ONCE are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words in RETROJECTIONS; 6 of them share the top score of 10. NOT, ONE and ITS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of RETROJECTIONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with RE · ending in NS · all 13-letter words
The 7 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by REJECTIONS (19 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
RETROJECTIONS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETROJECTIONS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 435) | 342 | 435 | 303 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RETROJECTIONS, RETROJECTION, RETROJECTS, RETROJECT, CONJEES, CONJEE, REJONEOS, JOCOS, JONTIES, JOTTIER, REJONEO, REJONES and 81 more, 93 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: COJONES, JOCOSER, EEJITS, EEJIT, TIERCERONS, CORNETTOS, CORRETTOS, CROONIEST, NECROTISE, TIERCERON, TORTRICES, CORNETTI and 27 more, 39 in all.