What RETROFLEX Means
- verb: bend or turn backward
- verb: articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate“Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants”
- adjective: bent or curved backward
- adjective: pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
RETROFLEX is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 19 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 E1 T1 R1 O1 F4 L1 E1 X8.
Words Made From The Letters In RETROFLEX
137 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.
6 letter words (13)
5 letter words (24)
EXERTEXTOLFERERFETORFLEERFLEETFLEXOFLOTEFORELFOREXFORTEFREERFREETFREREFRORELEFTEOFTEROXTERREFELREFERRELETRETROTELEXTERFE
4 letter words (46)
EORLFEELFEERFEETFELTFEREFETEFLEEFLEXFLOEFLORFLOXFOREFORTFREEFRETFROELEERLEETLEFTLERELOFTLORELOTEORFEORLEOXERREEFREELREFTRETEROLEROLFRORERORTROTEROTLTEELTEERTELETERFTOLETORETORRTREETREF
3 letter words (39)
EELEFTELFELTEREERFERREXOFEEFERFETFOEFORFOXFROLEELETLEXLORLOTLOXOFTOLEOREORFORTREEREFREORETREXROEROTTEETEFTELTEXTOETOR
2 letter words (15)
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