Unscramble RETRONYM and you have 150 words, RETRONYM itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
R1E1T1R1O1N12Y43M34
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from RETRONYM by length: 1 with 8 letters, 8 with 6, 29 with 5, 47 with 4, 45 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Of the 29 5-letter words in RETRONYM, 5 score 10 points, the group's best. MONEY, ENTRY and METRO are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words from RETRONYM is MONY, 9 points; EYOT and OYER on 7 follow. MORE, NOTE and TERM are everyday picks.
MOY, NYM and YOM share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble RETRONYM. NOT, ONE and MEN are the ones most people know.
These 5 words have the length of RETRONYM, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with RE · ending in YM · all 8-letter words
The meaning of RETRONYM, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: RETRONYM is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETRONYM itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 150) | 114 | 150 | 106 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
36 of the 150 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TOYMEN, MEYNT, MONTRE, MOY, NYM, RORTY, ROYNE, TRYER, YRENT, EYOT, MONER, MORNE and 24 more. 8 of the 150 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: RETRONYM, MONTY, MENTO, TREM, YER, EMO, RENO and TE.
This word takes every letter of RETRONYM plus a single extra one.