retrieving needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 14 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 199 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
retrieving is the highest-scoring word from retrieving, worth 14 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 199 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in retrieving — and it is retrieving itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling retrieving produces exactly one nine-letter word: reverting. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 13 points in Scrabble.
There are 11 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retrieving. If a familiar word is all you need, start with retiring. For points, the strongest plays are everting, genitive, revering, and riveting — each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in retrieving produces 22 valid seven-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are eviting, griever, reeving, regiven, reiving, and veering, each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling retrieving turns up 37 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with entire, invite, regret, retire, tinier, and virgin. For points, the strongest plays are grieve, grivet, regive, riving, verger, virger, and virgin — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 42 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retrieving. If a familiar word is all you need, start with enter, event, genii, given, green, greet, and nerve. For points, the strongest plays are given, giver, vegie, venge, and verge — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in retrieving produces 39 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with even, ever, gene, give, rent, ring, and teen. For points, the strongest play is give — worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling retrieving turns up 36 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eve, gee, get, net, rig, ten, and tie. For points, the strongest plays are veg and vig — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 10 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retrieving. If a familiar word is all you need, start with in and it. For points, the strongest play is gi — worth 3 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
retrieving 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.
retrieving is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing retrieving unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is retrieving, worth 14 points in Scrabble, and no other word from retrieving 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 retrieving produce 199 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 1 nine-letter word, 11 eight-letter words, 22 seven-letter words, 37 six-letter words, 42 five-letter words, 39 four-letter words, 36 three-letter words and 10 two-letter words.