retaker needs no unscrambling at all — the seven-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 11 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 61 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
retaker is the highest-scoring word from retaker, worth 11 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 61 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one seven-letter word uses the letters in retaker — and it is retaker itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling retaker turns up 5 six-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these six-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are krater and retake, each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 8 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retaker. No common everyday answer stands out among these five-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are rakee, raker, and taker, each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in retaker produces 16 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with rare, rate, take, tear, and tree. For points, the strongest plays are akee, kart, keet, keta, rake, reek, take, teak, and trek — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling retaker turns up 22 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 ark, eek, eke, kae, kat, and kea — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 9 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retaker. If a familiar word is all you need, start with at. For points, the strongest play is ka — worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in retaker 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.
retaker is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
Both totals match, because every tile in retaker carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
retaker is the only seven-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing retaker unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is retaker, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and no other word from retaker 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 retaker produce 61 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 5 six-letter words, 8 five-letter words, 16 four-letter words, 22 three-letter words and 9 two-letter words.