Words Containing RETENS
- 8 words
- All English dictionaries
- Scrabble points
Popular Words Containing RETENS
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All Words Containing RETENS 8 words
9-Letter Words With RETENS 1
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Full 14-letter listHow often does RETENS appear in words?
Our combined English word list has 8 words containing RETENS. Most are 10 letters long, they average 13.5 points and the best is PRETENSIONING (16 points).
- Total words
- 8
- Most common length
- 10 letters
- 2 words
- Average Scrabble score
- 13.5
- out of 16 max
- Longest word
- PRETENSIONLESS
- 14 letters
- Most common ending
- S
- 37.5% of words
Words by length
Most common last letters
- s 37.5%
- e 25%
- d 12.5%
Top vowel pairs
- io62.5%
Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.
Rare words worth knowing
Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.
Highest-scoring word containing RETENS
P 3 + R 1 + E 1 + T 1 + E 1 + N 1 + S 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2 = 16 points
- Double word
- 32 pts
- Triple word
- 48 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
pretensioning
Form of pretension
- nouna false or unsupportable quality
- nounthe advancing of a claim“his pretension to the crown”
- nounthe quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
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How many words containing RETENS are there?
There are 8 words containing RETENS in our combined English word list. The most common length is 10 letters, with 2 words. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.
What is the highest-scoring word containing RETENS?
PRETENSIONING is worth 16 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are PRETENSIONLESS (16), PRETENSIONED (15), PRETENSIVE (15).
What is the longest word containing RETENS?
PRETENSIONLESS has 14 letters. If you prefer a word people actually use, PRETENSIONS (11 letters) is the longest common one.