What RETALIATE Means
- verb: take revenge for a perceived wrong“He wants to avenge the murder of his brother”
- verb: make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil“The Empire strikes back”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
RETALIATE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 E1 T1 A1 L1 I1 A1 T1 E1.
Anagrams of RETALIATE (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In RETALIATE
244 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 (2)
7 letter words (10)
6 letter words (26)
AERATEAERIALATRIALATTIREELATERLARIATLATRIALATTERLETTERLETTRELITTERRATITERATTLEREALIARELATARELATERETAILRETIALRETILETAILERTALEAETATLERTERATATERTIATILTERTITLER
5 letter words (64)
AARTIAERIEALATEALERTALTARALTERAREAEAREALARETEARETTARIELARTALARTELATILTATRIAATTAREATERELATEELITEETTLEIRATELAARILAREELATERLATTELEARELEEARLIARTLITERLITRERAILERAITARATALRATELREATAREATERELETRELIERELITRETIARETIERIATATAIRATALARTALEATALERTATARTATERTATIETELAETELIATERAITETRATETRITIARATILERTITERTITLETITRETRAILTRAITTREATTRIALTRITE
4 letter words (78)
AIRTALAEALARALEEALITAREAARETARIAARILARLEARTIEALEEARLETATILEALAERLAIRLARELARILATELATILEARLEATLEERLEETLEIRLERELIARLIERLIRALIRELITERAIARAILRAITRALERATARATEREALREELRETERIALRIELRILERITERITTTAALTAELTAILTAITTALATALETALITARATARETARTTATETEALTEARTEATTEELTEERTEILTELATELETELTTETETIARTIERTILETILTTIRETIRLTITETRATTREETRETTRIE
3 letter words (46)
AALAIAAILAIRAITALAALEALTAREARTATEATTEAREATEELELTERAEREETAIREITALARLATLEALEELEILETLIELITRAIRATREEREIRETRIARITTAETAITARTATTEATEETELTETTIETIL
2 letter words (18)
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