Jumble solved
Is RETAKE a word? Yes.
RETAKE is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 6 letters, worth 10 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 49 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 49
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 6 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 3 : 3
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 3 vowels (E, A, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 3 remaining consonants (R, T, K).
Anagrams of RETAKE
One word uses all 6 letters:
- retake
6-letter words
1 word found- retake10
5-letter words
4 words found4-letter words
14 words found3-letter words
21 words found+ 6 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
9 words foundWords hidden inside RETAKE
Without moving a single letter, reading retake straight through uncovers 3 shorter words — take, eta, ret. The longest unbroken run is take.
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Add one letter to RETAKE
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and retake opens up 5 7-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
6
Distinct
5
Vowels
50%
E, A, E
Consonants
50%
R, T, K
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Solving RETAKE: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters retake?
Rearranging the 6 letters in retake produces 49 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 6-letter answer retake here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does retake have any anagrams?
Using all 6 letters, retake rearranges into exactly one word: retake.
What is the longest word you can make from retake?
The longest solution is retake at 6 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from retake?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: retake yields are, ark, art, ate, ear, eat, eek, eke, era and ere. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
Which word from retake scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, retake is the top scorer from retake at 10 points, followed by rakee (9), taker (9) and akee (8). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside retake?
Read left to right without moving any letters and retake already contains 3 shorter words: take, eta and ret. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is take. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.