Hidden inside reta sit rate, tare, and tear, four-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 4 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 23 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
RETA isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to RATE, TARE and TEAR.
rate, tare, and tear tie for the highest Scrabble score from reta at 4 points. The top 10 of 23 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Rearranging the letters in reta produces 3 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with rate and tear. For points, the strongest plays are rate, tare, and tear — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling reta turns up 12 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with are, art, ate, ear, eat, era, and rat. For points, the strongest plays are are, art, ate, ear, eat, era, eta, rat, ret, tae, tar, and tea — each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 8 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in reta. If a familiar word is all you need, start with at. For points, the strongest plays are ae, ar, at, er, et, re, ta, and te — each worth 2 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
73 five-letter words can be made using all the letters in reta plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in reta and you get a different four-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 3 of the 4 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are rate, tare, and tear, worth 4 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from reta earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in reta produce 23 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 3 four-letter words, 12 three-letter words and 8 two-letter words.