Hidden inside retakem is one standout: meerkat, a seven-letter play worth 13 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 98 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
Unscramble TEAKERM, MERTAKE or TEEKRAM and you get the same 7 letters as RETAKEM: so the words from RETAKEM listed below are the words from those scrambles too.
RETAKEM isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to MEERKAT (noun), an African mongoose, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
meerkat is the highest-scoring word from retakem, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 98 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling retakem produces exactly one seven-letter word: meerkat. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 13 points in Scrabble.
There are 15 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retakem. If a familiar word is all you need, start with maker and meter. For points, the strongest play is maker — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in retakem produces 34 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with make, mark and mate. For points, 5 words tie at 10 points, including make, mark and kame.
Unscrambling retakem turns up 30 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with are, arm and art. For points, 6 words tie at 7 points, including ark, eek and eke.
There are 13 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retakem. If a familiar word is all you need, start with am, at, and me. For points, the strongest play is ka — worth 6 points in Scrabble.
6 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in retakem plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in retakem and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is meerkat, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from retakem 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 retakem produce 98 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 5 six-letter words, 15 five-letter words, 34 four-letter words, 30 three-letter words and 13 two-letter words.