retentions needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 10 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 465 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
retentions is the highest-scoring word from retentions, worth 10 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 465 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in retentions — and it is retentions itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling retentions turns up 4 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are internets, retention, tenorites, and tensioner, 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 23 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retentions. If a familiar word is all you need, start with intenser, interest, and internet. For points, the strongest plays are enterons, insetter, intenser, interest, internes, internet, intoners, noisette, oneriest, renitent, sentient, serotine, snottier, sternite, tenoners, tenorist, tenorite, teosinte, ternions, tinstone, tontines, trientes, and tritones — 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 retentions produces 43 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with entries, intense, interns, and tension. For points, the strongest plays are enteron, entires, entries, estrone, intense, intents, interne, interns, intoner, intones, intorts, introns, netters, nettier, norites, oestrin, orients, rennets, retines, retints, rosette, stentor, stinter, stonier, tenners, tennesi, tennies, tennist, tenoner, tension, tenters, tentier, ternion, testier, tetrose, tinners, tinters, toniest, tonners, tontine, trienes, tritone, and tritons — 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 retentions turns up 101 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with enters, entire, intern, resent, rotten, senior, and sitter. For points, the strongest plays are enters, entire, eosine, estrin, inerts, inners, insert, intent, intern, inters, intone, intort, intron, intros, irones, nereis, nester, nestor, netter, niente, niners, niters, nitons, nitres, nitros, nonets, norite, nosier, noters, onesie, orient, otters, renest, renins, rennet, rentes, resent, resite, retest, reties, retine, retint, ronins, rotten, rottes, seiner, senior, sennet, sennit, serein, serine, setter, sinner, sinnet, sinter, sitten, sitter, soiree, sonnet, sortie, stereo, stoner, stotin, street, strine, tenesi, tenets, tenner, tennes, tennis, tennos, tenons, tenors, tenser, tensor, tenter, tentie, ternes, tester, teston, tetris, tinner, tinter, titers, titres, toners, tonier, tonner, tonnes, tories, torten, tortes, toters, treens, triene, triens, trines, triose, triste, triton, and trones — 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 120 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retentions. If a familiar word is all you need, start with enter, inner, irons, nines, noise, notes, and rents. For points, the strongest plays are enter, eosin, ernes, erose, ester, inert, inner, inros, inset, inter, intro, irone, irons, neist, nenes, neons, nerts, netts, niner, nines, niter, nites, niton, nitre, nitro, noirs, noise, nones, nonet, nonis, noris, noter, notes, onset, ornis, osier, otter, reest, reins, renin, renos, rente, rents, reset, resin, resit, retie, rinse, riots, risen, rites, ronin, roset, rosin, rosti, rotes, rotis, rotte, seine, senor, sente, senti, serin, seton, siree, siren, sneer, snore, snort, steer, stein, steno, stent, stere, stern, stint, stone, store, teens, teins, tenet, tenne, tenno, tenon, tenor, tense, tents, teres, terne, terns, terse, tetri, tiers, tines, tints, tires, tiros, titer, titre, toits, toner, tones, tonne, tores, torse, torsi, torte, torts, toter, totes, treen, trees, trets, tries, trine, trios, trite, trois, trone, and trots — 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 retentions produces 99 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with into, iron, nest, nets, nine, none, and nose. For points, the strongest plays are eons, erne, erns, eros, erst, esne, inns, inro, into, ions, ires, iron, nene, neon, nest, nets, nett, nine, nite, nits, noes, noir, none, noni, nori, nose, note, ones, ores, orts, rees, rein, reis, reno, rent, rest, rete, rets, rins, riot, rise, rite, roes, rose, rote, roti, rots, seen, seer, sene, sent, sere, sett, sine, sire, site, snit, snot, sone, sore, sori, sorn, sort, stet, stir, stot, teen, tees, tein, tens, tent, tern, test, tets, tier, ties, tine, tins, tint, tire, tiro, tits, toes, toit, tone, tons, tore, tori, torn, tors, tort, tost, tote, tots, tree, tres, tret, trio, and trot — 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 retentions turns up 54 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with its, net, nor, not, one, see, and set. For points, the strongest plays are ens, eon, ere, ern, ers, est, inn, ins, ion, ire, its, nee, net, nit, nor, nos, not, oes, one, ons, ore, ors, ort, ose, ree, rei, res, ret, rin, roe, rot, see, sei, sen, ser, set, sin, sir, sit, son, sot, sri, tee, ten, tes, tet, tie, tin, tis, tit, toe, ton, tor, and tot — 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 retentions. If a familiar word is all you need, start with in, is, it, no, on, or, and so. For points, the strongest plays are en, er, es, et, in, is, it, ne, no, oe, oi, on, or, os, re, si, so, te, ti, and to — each worth 2 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
2 eleven-letter words can be made using all the letters in retentions plus one additional letter.
retentions 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 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record three senses for retentions. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 10 points on a Scrabble board:
retentions is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing retentions unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is retentions, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and no other word from retentions 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 retentions produce 465 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 4 nine-letter words, 23 eight-letter words, 43 seven-letter words, 101 six-letter words, 120 five-letter words, 99 four-letter words, 54 three-letter words and 20 two-letter words.