retribution needs no unscrambling at all — the eleven-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 13 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 332 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
retribution is the highest-scoring word from retribution, worth 13 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 332 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eleven-letter word uses the letters in retribution — and it is retribution itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 13 points in Scrabble.
There are 6 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retribution. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are buttoner, rebutton, trueborn, and unbitter, each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in retribution produces 24 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with burrito, routine, torture, and tribute. For points, 12 words tie at 9 points, including burrito, tribute and biotite.
Unscrambling retribution turns up 61 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with bitten, bitter and butter. For points, 27 words tie at 8 points, including bitten, bitter and butter.
There are 73 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retribution. If a familiar word is all you need, start with boner, borne and burnt. For points, 32 words tie at 7 points, including boner, borne and burnt.
Rearranging the letters in retribution produces 84 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with bent, bite and bone. For points, 31 words tie at 6 points, including bent, bite and bone.
Unscrambling retribution turns up 62 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with bet, bit and bun. For points, 24 words tie at 5 points, including bet, bit and bun.
There are 21 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retribution. If a familiar word is all you need, start with be, in and it. For points, the strongest plays are be, bi, and bo — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
1 twelve-letter word can be made using all the letters in retribution plus one additional letter.
retribution 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.
Dictionaries record three senses for retribution. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 13 points on a Scrabble board:
retribution is the only eleven-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing retribution unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is retribution, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and no other word from retribution 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 retribution produce 332 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eleven-letter word, 6 eight-letter words, 24 seven-letter words, 61 six-letter words, 73 five-letter words, 84 four-letter words, 62 three-letter words and 21 two-letter words.