retroflexions needs no unscrambling at all — the thirteen-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 23 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 1173 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
retroflexions is the highest-scoring word from retroflexions, worth 23 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 1173 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one thirteen-letter word uses the letters in retroflexions — and it is retroflexions itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 23 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling retroflexions produces exactly one twelve-letter word: retroflexion. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 22 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in retroflexions produces 2 valid ten-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these ten-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring word is reflexions, worth 20 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling retroflexions turns up 22 nine-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these nine-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are reflexion and retroflex, each worth 19 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 59 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retroflexions. If a familiar word is all you need, start with silenter. For points, the strongest play is flexions — worth 18 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in retroflexions produces 154 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with entries, forties, lotions, oftener, reliefs, restore, and retires. For points, the strongest plays are flexion, flexors, forexes, foxiest, and refixes — each worth 17 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling retroflexions turns up 265 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with enters, entire, finest, flirts, floors, forest, and freest. For points, the strongest plays are fixers, flexes, flexor, fornix, foxier, and reflex — each worth 16 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 293 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retroflexions. If a familiar word is all you need, start with enter, exist, exits, feels, files, finer, and fires. For points, the strongest plays are fixer, fixes, forex, foxes, and refix — each worth 15 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in retroflexions produces 236 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with else, exes, exit, feel, fees, feet, and felt. For points, the strongest plays are fixt, flex, and folx — each worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling retroflexions turns up 110 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with elf, fee, fit, fix, for, its, and let. For points, the strongest plays are fix and fox — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 30 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retroflexions. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ex, if, in, is, it, no, and of. For points, the strongest plays are ex, ox, and xi — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
retroflexions 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 retroflexions. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 23 points on a Scrabble board:
retroflexions is the only thirteen-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing retroflexions unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is retroflexions, worth 23 points in Scrabble, and no other word from retroflexions 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 retroflexions produce 1173 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 thirteen-letter word, 1 twelve-letter word, 2 ten-letter words, 22 nine-letter words, 59 eight-letter words, 154 seven-letter words, 265 six-letter words, 293 five-letter words, 236 four-letter words, 110 three-letter words and 30 two-letter words.