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RETRENCHES

10 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What RETRENCHES Means

RETRENCHES is a form of RETRENCH, which means:

  1. verb: tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
  2. verb: make a reduction, as in one's workforce“The company had to retrench”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

RETRENCHES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 E1 T1 R1 E1 N1 C3 H4 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In RETRENCHES

300 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 (2)

8 letter words (17)

7 letter words (33)

6 letter words (57)

5 letter words (73)

4 letter words (68)

3 letter words (37)

2 letter words (13)

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