retardates needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 11 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 346 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
retardates is the highest-scoring word from retardates, worth 11 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 346 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in retardates — and it is retardates itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling retardates turns up 2 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are restarted and retardate, each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 11 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retardates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with arrested. For points, 8 words tie at 9 points, including arrested, drearest and redstart.
Rearranging the letters in retardates produces 36 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dearest, retards and starred. For points, 20 words tie at 8 points, including dearest, retards and starred.
Unscrambling retardates turns up 80 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with arrest, dearer and desert. For points, 39 words tie at 7 points, including dearer, desert and erased.
There are 85 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retardates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with areas, dares and dates. For points, 39 words tie at 6 points, including dares, dates and dears.
Rearranging the letters in retardates produces 73 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with area, arts and dare. For points, 23 words tie at 5 points, including dare, data and date.
Unscrambling retardates turns up 43 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ads, are and art. For points, 9 words tie at 4 points, including ads, red and sad.
There are 15 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retardates. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad, as, and at. For points, the strongest plays are ad, da, de, and ed — each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
retardates 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 retardates carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
retardates is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing retardates unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is retardates, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and no other word from retardates 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 retardates produce 346 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 2 nine-letter words, 11 eight-letter words, 36 seven-letter words, 80 six-letter words, 85 five-letter words, 73 four-letter words, 43 three-letter words and 15 two-letter words.