Jumble solved
Is RETENTIONS a word? Yes.
RETENTIONS is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 10 letters, worth 10 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 465 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 465
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 10 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 6
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 4 vowels (E, E, I, O) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 6 remaining consonants (R, T, N, T, N, S).
Anagrams of RETENTIONS
One word uses all 10 letters:
- retentions
10-letter words
1 word found9-letter words
4 words found8-letter words
23 words found+ 8 more 8-letter words
7-letter words
43 words found+ 28 more 7-letter words
6-letter words
101 words found+ 86 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
120 words found+ 105 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
99 words found+ 84 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
54 words found+ 39 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
20 words found+ 5 more 2-letter words
Words hidden inside RETENTIONS
Without moving a single letter, reading retentions straight through uncovers 8 shorter words — retention, ions, rete, tent, ion, ons, and more. The longest unbroken run is retention.
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Shorter words inside RETENTIONS — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to RETENTIONS
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and retentions opens up 2 11-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
10
Distinct
7
Vowels
40%
E, E, I, O
Consonants
60%
R, T, N, T, N, S
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Solving RETENTIONS: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters retentions?
Rearranging the 10 letters in retentions produces 465 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 10-letter answer retentions here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does retentions have any anagrams?
Using all 10 letters, retentions rearranges into exactly one word: retentions.
What is the longest word you can make from retentions?
The longest solution is retentions at 10 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from retentions?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: retentions yields ens, eon, ere, ern, ers, est, inn, ins, ion and ire. 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 retentions scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, retentions is the top scorer from retentions at 10 points, followed by internets (9), retention (9) and tenorites (9). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside retentions?
Read left to right without moving any letters and retentions already contains 8 shorter words: retention, ions, rete, tent, ion and ons (plus 2 more). The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is retention. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.