Unscramble RETRY and you have 19 words, RETRY itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 8 points: TERRY and TRYER. 5 letters: 1 vowel and 4 consonants.
R1E1T1R1Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from RETRY split into 3 with 5 letters, 4 with 4, 7 with 3 and 5 with 2.
Keep every letter of RETRY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with RE · ending in RY · all 5-letter words
What RETRY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RETRY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETRY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 19) | 17 | 19 | 15 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: TRYER and TRYE. Words With Friends* skips 2 of them: YER and TE.
With one more tile, the letters of RETRY spell the words below.