RETRACTING

10 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What RETRACTING Means

RETRACTING is a form of RETRACT, which means:

verb: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure“He retracted his earlier statements about his religion”
verb: pull away from a source of disgust or fear

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

RETRACTING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 E1 T1 R1 A1 C3 T1 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In RETRACTING

511 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.

9 letter words (5)

CRATERING RECRATING RETRACING RETRATING TERRACING

8 letter words (13)

ARETTING ARGENTIC CATERING CITRANGE CREATING GNATTIER INTERACT REACTING RETIRANT RETRAICT TRACTING TRANCIER TREATING

7 letter words (59)

6 letter words (87)

5 letter words (119)

4 letter words (131)

3 letter words (78)

ACE ACT AGE AIN AIR AIT ANE ANI ANT ARC ARE ART ATE ATT CAG CAN CAR CAT CIG CIT EAN EAR EAT ENG ERA ERG ERN ERR ETA GAE GAN GAR GAT GEN GER GET GIE GIN GIT ICE ING IRE ITA NAE NAG NAT NEG NET NIE NIT RAG RAI RAN RAT REC REG REI REN RET RIA RIG RIN RIT TAE TAG TAI TAN TAR TAT TEA TEC TEG TEN TET TIC TIE TIG TIN

2 letter words (19)

AE AG AI AN AR AT EA EN ER ET GI IN IT NA NE RE TA TE TI

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