retrograde 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, 285 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
retrograde is the highest-scoring word from retrograde, worth 12 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 285 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in retrograde — and it is retrograde itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
There are 7 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retrograde. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are derogate, garreted, garroted and 2 more, each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in retrograde produces 13 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with greater. For points, 5 words tie at 9 points, including garoted, goateed and regrade.
Unscrambling retrograde turns up 44 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with agreed, dearer and grader. For points, 10 words tie at 8 points, including agreed, grader and regard.
There are 61 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retrograde. If a familiar word is all you need, start with adore, agree and error. For points, 9 words tie at 7 points, including grade, edger and gated.
Rearranging the letters in retrograde produces 76 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aged, dare and date. For points, 10 words tie at 6 points, including aged, drag and edge.
Unscrambling retrograde turns up 64 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with age, ago and are. For points, 5 words tie at 5 points, including dog, god and dag.
There are 19 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retrograde. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad, at and do. For points, 8 words tie at 3 points, including ad, do and go.
2 eleven-letter words can be made using all the letters in retrograde plus one additional letter.
retrograde 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 1-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record nine senses for retrograde. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 12 points on a Scrabble board:
retrograde is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing retrograde unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is retrograde, worth 12 points in Scrabble, and no other word from retrograde 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 retrograde produce 285 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 7 eight-letter words, 13 seven-letter words, 44 six-letter words, 61 five-letter words, 76 four-letter words, 64 three-letter words and 19 two-letter words.