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Words Containing RETENS

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All Words Containing RETENS 8 words

How 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 3r 1e 1t 1e 1n 1s 1i 1o 1n 1i 1n 1g 2

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

  1. nouna false or unsupportable quality
  2. nounthe advancing of a claim“his pretension to the crown”
  3. 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.