What RETRONYM Means
- noun: a word introduced because an existing term has become inadequate“Nobody ever heard of analog clocks until digital clocks became common, so ‘analog clock’ is a retronym”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
RETRONYM is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 E1 T1 R1 O1 N1 Y4 M3.
Words Made From The Letters In RETRONYM
145 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 (8)
5 letter words (29)
ENORMENTRYMENTOMERRYMETROMEYNTMONERMONEYMONTEMONTYMORNEMOTENMOTEYNOTERONERYORMERRETRORETRYRONTERORTYROYNETENORTERRYTONERTONEYTOYERTRONETRYERYRENT
4 letter words (45)
EYOTMENOMENTMOERMONYMOREMORNMORTMOTENOMENORMNOTEOMENOMERONEROYERRENTRENYRONERONTRORERORTRORYROTERYOTTERMTERNTOEYTOMETONETONYTORETORNTORRTORYTREYTRONTROYTRYETYERTYNETYRETYROYONTYORE
3 letter words (43)
EMOEONERMERNERRMENMETMOEMONMORMOTMOYNETNOMNORNOTNOYNYEONEONYOREORTOYEREMRENREORETROEROMROTRYETENTOETOMTONTORTOYTRYTYEYENYETYOMYON
2 letter words (20)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.