Unscramble RETSINA and you have 248 words, RETSINA itself among them: it scores 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. 10 anagrams of RETSINA are on the page, ANESTRI, ANTSIER and NASTIER included; each is 7 points. 35 shorter words score 6, among them INSERT, STRAIN and RETAIN. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. RETSINA as a single 7-tile play makes 57 in Scrabble, 7 plus the 50 bonus, and 43 in Words With Friends (8 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from RETSINA by length: 11 with 7 letters, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
All 35 of the 6-letter words in RETSINA score 6 points. INSERT, STRAIN and RETAIN are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RETSINA come to 60, each scoring 5 points. RATES, SAINT and RAISE are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words from RETSINA score 4 points. RATE, EAST and ARTS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble RETSINA scores 3. ARE, ITS and SET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of RETSINA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with RE · ending in NA · all 7-letter words
RETSINA first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RETSINA, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETSINA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 248) | 198 | 247 | 182 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 49 of them: RESIANT, STARNIE, ARTIES, RAINES, TRANSE, AESIR, ARETS, ARTIS, EARNT, EARST, INTRA, ISNAE and 37 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: ARTSIE, SARNIE, SEITAN, STRINE, REAIS, RESAT, RESIT, ARIE, NAES, NARE, RAIS, ATS and 4 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ITER.
These 12 words take every letter of RETSINA plus a single extra one.