Jumble solved
Is RETRACTIONS a word? Yes.
RETRACTIONS is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 11 letters, worth 13 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 1326 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 1326
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 11 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 7
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 4 vowels (E, A, I, O) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 7 remaining consonants (R, T, R, C, T, N, S).
Anagrams of RETRACTIONS
One word uses all 11 letters:
- retractions
11-letter words
1 word found10-letter words
4 words found9-letter words
23 words found+ 8 more 9-letter words
8-letter words
91 words found- aconites10
- actioner10
- ancestor10
- anoretic10
- canister10
- canoeist10
- cantoris10
- carotins10
- carrions10
- carrotin10
- centrist10
- ceratins10
- cisterna10
- citators10
- citrates10
+ 76 more 8-letter words
7-letter words
195 words found+ 180 more 7-letter words
6-letter words
305 words found+ 290 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
327 words found+ 312 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
242 words found+ 227 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
110 words found+ 95 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
28 words found+ 13 more 2-letter words
Words hidden inside RETRACTIONS
Without moving a single letter, reading retractions straight through uncovers 12 shorter words — retraction, tractions, traction, actions, retract, action, and more. The longest unbroken run is retraction.
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Add one letter to RETRACTIONS
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and retractions opens up 1 12-letter word. 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
11
Distinct
9
Vowels
36%
E, A, I, O
Consonants
64%
R, T, R, C, T, N, S
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Solving RETRACTIONS: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters retractions?
Rearranging the 11 letters in retractions produces 1326 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 11-letter answer retractions here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does retractions have any anagrams?
Using all 11 letters, retractions rearranges into exactly one word: retractions.
What is the longest word you can make from retractions?
The longest solution is retractions at 11 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from retractions?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: retractions yields ace, act, ain, air, ais, ait, ane, ani, ant and arc. 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 retractions scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, retractions is the top scorer from retractions at 13 points, followed by carnotites (12), carrotiest (12) and contraries (12). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside retractions?
Read left to right without moving any letters and retractions already contains 12 shorter words: retraction, tractions, traction, actions, retract and action (plus 6 more). The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is retraction. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.