What RETAINING Means
RETAINING is a form of RETAIN, which means:
- verb: hold back within“This soil retains water”
- verb: allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature“We cannot continue several servants any longer”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
RETAINING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 E1 T1 A1 I1 N1 I1 N1 G2.
Words Made From The Letters In RETAINING
314 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
8 letter words (4)
7 letter words (33)
AGINNERAIRNINGAIRTINGANTEINGANTIGENEARNINGENGRAINENTRAINGENTIANGINNIERGRANITEGRANNIEGRATINEIGNITERINERTIAINGRAININGRATENEARINGRAININGRAITINGRANTINGREGNANTREININGRENTINGRINGENTTANGIERTEARINGTERNINGTIERINGTIGRINETINNIERTRANNIETRINING
6 letter words (53)
AIGRETAIRINGANTINGARGENTEANINGEARINGEATINGENGIRTENRINGERNINGGAINERGAITERGANNETGARNETGINNERGIRNIEGRAINEGRATINIGNITEINANERINGATEINGINEINNAGEINNATEINTERNINTINEINTIRENANITENARINERAGINIRANINERATINERATINGREAGINREGAINREGINARETAINRETINATAEINGTAGINETANGIETANNERTANNIETARINGTEAINGTIEINGTINIERTININGTINNERTINNIETIRAGETIRINGTRIAGE
5 letter words (52)
AGENTAGRINANENTANGERANTREATIGIENTIAERINGGARNIGATERGENIIGIANTGRAINGRANTGRATEGREATGREININANEINERTINGANINNERINNITINTERINTRAIRATEIRINGNGATINIGERNITERNITRERAINERANGERANGIREGNAREIGNRENGARENIGRENINRETAGRETIARIANTTANGITARGETENIATERAITERGATIGERTINEATINGETRAGITRAINTRINE
4 letter words (89)
AGENAGERAGINAINEAIRNAIRTANTEANTIAREGARETARTIEARNEINAETNAGAENGAINGAIRGAITGANEGANTGAREGARIGARTGATEGEANGEARGEATGEITGENAGENTGERTGETAGIENGINNGIRNGIRTGITEGNARGNATGRANGRATGRENGRINGRITINIAINTINAINNANENANGNARENEARNEATNGAININENITERAGERAGIRAINRAITRANGRANIRANTRATEREANREINRENTRINERINGRITETAIGTAINTANETANGTARETARNTEARTEINTERNTIANTIARTIERTIGETINATINETINGTIRETRIETRIGTRIN
3 letter words (64)
AGEAINAIRAITANEANIANNANTAREARTATEEANEAREATENGERAERGERNETAGAEGANGARGATGENGERGETGIEGINGITINGINNIREITANAENAGNANNATNEGNETNIENITRAGRAIRANRATREGREIRENRETRIARIGRINRITTAETAGTAITANTARTEATEGTENTIETIGTIN
2 letter words (19)
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