retraction needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 12 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 484 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
retraction is the highest-scoring word from retraction, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 484 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in retraction — and it is retraction itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling retraction produces exactly one nine-letter word: carnotite. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 11 points in Scrabble.
There are 17 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retraction. If a familiar word is all you need, start with reaction. For points, the strongest plays are actioner, anoretic, carrotin, contrite, cornetti, creation, interact, reaction, retroact, taconite, traction, triactor, and tricorne — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in retraction produces 47 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with certain, creator, tractor, trainer, and traitor. For points, the strongest plays are aconite, atretic, carotin, carrion, cattier, ceratin, certain, cirrate, citator, citrate, cittern, cointer, cornett, cornier, cortina, cottier, creatin, creator, critter, enactor, erotica, erratic, nictate, noticer, reactor, retract, ricotta, tacrine, taction, tantric, tetanic, tonetic, tractor, and tricorn — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling retraction turns up 94 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with action, carrot, carton, corner, erotic, notice, and rotten. For points, the strongest plays are acetin, action, aeonic, aortic, atonic, canoer, canter, cantor, carnet, carnie, carrot, carter, carton, cation, cattie, centai, centra, citron, coater, coiner, contra, cornea, corner, cornet, corrie, cortin, cottae, cottar, cotter, crater, craton, cretin, enatic, erotic, intact, nectar, noetic, notice, octane, octant, orcein, orrice, racier, racino, rancor, recant, recoat, recoin, rector, retcon, tanrec, tracer, trance, tricot, and trocar — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 116 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retraction. If a familiar word is all you need, start with actor, attic, cater, nicer, ocean, react, and train. For points, the strongest plays are acorn, actin, actor, antic, areic, attic, cairn, caner, canoe, canto, carer, caret, carte, cater, cento, ceria, citer, coati, conte, corer, coria, cotan, cotta, crane, crate, crier, crone, crore, enact, erica, nacre, narco, naric, nicer, ocean, ocrea, octan, octet, oncet, ontic, orcin, racer, racon, rance, react, recit, recon, recta, recti, recto, ricer, tacet, tacit, taroc, tecta, tinct, tonic, toric, trace, tract, triac, and trice — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in retraction produces 114 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with care, cart, cent, coat, coin, cone, and core. For points, the strongest plays are acne, acre, acro, arco, cain, cane, cant, care, carn, carr, cart, cate, cent, cero, cert, ciao, cine, cion, cire, cite, coat, coin, coir, cone, coni, core, corn, cote, cria, crit, etic, icon, narc, nice, once, orca, otic, race, rice, tace, taco, tact, and torc — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling retraction turns up 72 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with act, air, ant, are, art, ate, and can. For points, the strongest plays are ace, act, arc, can, car, cat, con, cor, cot, eco, ice, oca, orc, rec, roc, tec, and tic — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 22 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retraction. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, at, in, it, no, on, and or. For points, the strongest plays are ae, ai, an, ar, at, en, er, et, in, it, na, ne, no, oe, oi, on, or, re, ta, 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.
4 eleven-letter words can be made using all the letters in retraction plus one additional letter.
retraction 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 two senses for retraction. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 12 points on a Scrabble board:
retraction is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing retraction unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is retraction, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from retraction 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 retraction produce 484 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 1 nine-letter word, 17 eight-letter words, 47 seven-letter words, 94 six-letter words, 116 five-letter words, 114 four-letter words, 72 three-letter words and 22 two-letter words.