retakes needs no unscrambling at all — the seven-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 11 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 164 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
retakes is the highest-scoring word from retakes, worth 11 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 164 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one seven-letter word uses the letters in retakes — and it is retakes itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling retakes turns up 14 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with easter. For points, 8 words tie at 10 points, including rakees, retake and skater.
There are 44 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in retakes. If a familiar word is all you need, start with erase, rates and skate. For points, 22 words tie at 9 points, including skate, steak and takes.
Rearranging the letters in retakes produces 55 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with arts, ears and ease. For points, 20 words tie at 8 points, including sake, seek and take.
Unscrambling retakes turns up 39 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with are, art and ask. For points, 10 words tie at 7 points, including ask, ark and eek.
6 eight-letter words can be made using all the letters in retakes plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in retakes and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
retakes 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.
Both totals match, because every tile in retakes carries the same value on a Scrabble board and on a Words With Friends board.
Dictionaries record four senses for retakes. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 11 points on a Scrabble board:
retakes is the only seven-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing retakes unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is retakes, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and no other word from retakes 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 retakes produce 164 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 seven-letter word, 14 six-letter words, 44 five-letter words, 55 four-letter words, 39 three-letter words and 11 two-letter words.