Hidden inside retaliates sit aliterates and retaliates, ten-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 10 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 583 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
aliterates and retaliates tie for the highest Scrabble score from retaliates at 10 points. The top 10 of 583 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 ten-letter words hiding in retaliates: one comes from rearranging its letters, and retaliates itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these ten-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are aliterates and retaliates, each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling retaliates turns up 5 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are aliterate, laterites, literates, retaliate, and statelier, each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 19 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retaliates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with earliest. For points, the strongest plays are alertest, ariettas, ariettes, aristate, ateliers, earliest, iterates, laterite, leariest, literate, rattails, realties, retitles, stearate, striatal, teariest, tertials, treaties, and treatise — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in retaliates produces 59 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with letters, relates, saltier, startle, and tastier. For points, the strongest plays are aerates, aerials, aeriest, aetatis, arietta, ariette, aristae, artiest, artiste, asteria, atelier, atresia, attires, elaters, estreat, iratest, iterate, lariats, latrias, latters, leister, letters, litters, ratites, rattail, rattles, realest, realias, realise, realist, relates, reslate, restate, retails, retaste, retiles, retitle, saltier, saltire, satiate, seriate, settler, slatier, slitter, starlet, starlit, startle, stealer, sterile, sterlet, stratal, striata, striate, tailers, tastier, tertial, testier, tilters, and trestle — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling retaliates turns up 116 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with alerts, altars, alters, artist, easier, easter, and estate. For points, the strongest plays are aerate, aerial, aeries, airest, alates, alerts, altars, alters, aretes, ariels, arista, artels, artist, artsie, astral, atrial, attars, attire, easier, easter, eaters, elater, elates, elites, estate, estral, laaris, larees, lariat, laster, latest, latria, latter, lattes, leaser, letter, listee, lister, liters, litest, litres, litter, raitas, ratals, ratels, ratite, rattle, reales, realia, reatas, relate, relets, relies, relist, resail, resale, reseal, reseat, resile, resite, retail, retest, retial, reties, retile, riatas, sailer, salter, saltie, satire, sealer, seater, serail, serial, setter, settle, sitter, slater, staler, statal, stater, stelae, stelai, stelar, strait, strata, strati, streel, street, striae, tailer, talars, talers, tarsal, tarsia, taster, tatars, taters, teasel, teaser, terais, testae, tester, tetras, tetris, tiaras, tilers, tilter, titers, titles, titres, trails, traits, treats, trials, and triste — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 154 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retaliates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aisle, alert, altar, alter, areas, erase, and laser. For points, the strongest plays are aerie, airts, aisle, alate, alert, alias, alist, altar, alter, areae, areal, areas, arete, arias, ariel, arils, arise, arles, artal, artel, aster, astir, atilt, atlas, atria, attar, earls, easel, easer, eater, elate, elite, erase, ester, irate, islet, istle, laari, lairs, laree, lares, laris, laser, later, latte, lears, lease, least, leers, leets, liars, liers, liras, litas, liter, lites, litre, raias, rails, raise, raita, rales, ratal, ratel, rates, reais, reals, reata, reels, reest, relet, relit, resat, reset, resit, retia, retie, rials, riata, riels, riles, rites, salat, saree, serai, seral, setae, setal, siree, sitar, slate, sleet, slier, stair, stale, stare, start, state, steal, steel, steer, stela, stele, stere, stile, stilt, stria, taels, tails, talar, talas, taler, tales, tares, tarsi, tarts, taser, taste, tatar, tater, tates, teals, tears, tease, teats, teels, telae, teles, telia, terai, teres, terse, tesla, testa, tetra, tetri, tiara, tiers, tiler, tiles, tilts, tires, tirls, titer, title, titre, trail, trait, treat, trees, trets, trial, tries, and trite — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in retaliates produces 138 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with airs, area, arts, last, late, lets, and liar. For points, the strongest plays are aals, ails, airs, airt, aits, alae, alar, alas, alee, ales, alit, alts, area, ares, aria, arie, aril, arse, arts, asea, ates, lair, lari, lars, lase, last, late, lati, lats, lear, leas, leer, lees, leet, leis, lest, lets, liar, lias, lier, lies, lira, lire, list, lite, lits, raia, rail, rais, rale, rase, rate, rats, real, reel, rees, reis, rest, rete, rets, rial, rias, riel, rile, rise, rite, sail, sale, salt, sari, sate, sati, seal, sear, seat, seel, seer, sera, sere, seta, sett, sial, silt, sire, site, slat, slit, star, stat, stet, stir, earl, ears, ease, east, eats, eels, else, eras, erst, etas, ilea, ires, isle, tael, tail, tala, tale, tali, tare, tars, tart, tase, tate, tats, teal, tear, teas, teat, teel, tees, tela, tele, tels, test, tets, tier, ties, tile, tils, tilt, tire, tirl, tits, tree, tres, tret, and tsar — 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 retaliates turns up 70 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with air, are, art, ate, ear, eat, and era. For points, the strongest plays are aal, aas, ail, air, ais, ait, ala, ale, als, alt, are, ars, art, ate, ats, att, ear, eat, eel, els, era, ere, ers, est, eta, ire, its, lar, las, lat, lea, lee, lei, let, lie, lis, lit, rai, ras, rat, ree, rei, res, ret, ria, sae, sal, sat, sea, see, sei, sel, ser, set, sir, sit, sri, tae, tar, tas, tat, tea, tee, tel, tes, tet, tie, til, tis, and tit — 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 20 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retaliates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with as, at, is, and it. For points, the strongest plays are aa, ae, ai, al, ar, as, at, el, er, es, et, is, it, la, li, re, si, ta, te, and ti — each worth 2 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in retaliates plus one additional letter.
retaliates 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.
The 1-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record two senses for retaliates. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 10 points on a Scrabble board:
retaliates is one of two ten-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing retaliates unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are aliterates and retaliates, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from retaliates 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 retaliates produce 583 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 ten-letter words, 5 nine-letter words, 19 eight-letter words, 59 seven-letter words, 116 six-letter words, 154 five-letter words, 138 four-letter words, 70 three-letter words and 20 two-letter words.