retracting needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 13 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 405 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
retracting is the highest-scoring word from retracting, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 405 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in retracting — and it is retracting itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling retracting 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 cratering, recrating, retracing, and terracing, each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 8 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retracting. If a familiar word is all you need, start with catering, creating, reacting, and treating. For points, the strongest plays are argentic, catering, creating, and reacting — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in retracting produces 50 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with angrier, certain and cigaret. For points, 7 words tie at 10 points, including cigaret, anergic and carting.
Unscrambling retracting turns up 72 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with acting, caring and eating. For points, 9 words tie at 9 points, including acting, caring and racing.
There are 92 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retracting. If a familiar word is all you need, start with agent, anger and attic. For points, 5 words tie at 8 points, including cigar, grace and acing.
Rearranging the letters in retracting produces 92 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with cage, care and cart. For points, the strongest plays are cage and crag — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling retracting turns up 68 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with act, age and air. For points, the strongest play is cig — worth 6 points in Scrabble.
There are 18 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retracting. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, at, in, and it. For points, the strongest plays are ag and gi — each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in retracting plus one additional letter.
retracting 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 3-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
retracting is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing retracting unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is retracting, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from retracting 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 retracting produce 405 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 4 nine-letter words, 8 eight-letter words, 50 seven-letter words, 72 six-letter words, 92 five-letter words, 92 four-letter words, 68 three-letter words and 18 two-letter words.