RETRO is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. RETRO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RETRO?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RETRO is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RETRO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RETRO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in RETRO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,714.
What does RETRO mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Deliberately copying or reviving the look, sound, or style associated with an earlier time, usually a past decade within living memory.
Retro describes clothing, music, design, and technology that consciously borrows from an earlier decade, often the 1950s through the 1980s, rather than something genuinely old. A retro diner might have chrome fittings and jukeboxes even though it opened last year, and retro video games mimic the graphics of early consoles for nostalgic appeal. The word comes from the Latin prefix retro-, meaning backward, and became popular in English in the twentieth century as fashion cycles began returning to earlier styles. Unlike antique or vintage, retro usually implies a knowing, stylised imitation rather than an original old object.
How RETRO is used
Common in everyday speech about fashion, music, design, and popular culture.
- She wore a retro dress styled after the nineteen sixties.
- The cafe has a retro look with neon signs and vinyl booths.
- He collects retro video game consoles from his childhood.
- The band released an album with a distinctly retro sound.
- Retro furniture has become fashionable again in recent years.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RETRO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RETRO
Showing 24 of 130 words that begin with RETRO.
Words with RETRO inside
5 words contain RETRO in the middle. Words that start with RETRO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RETRO
Common questions about RETRO
- Is RETRO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RETRO, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RETRO worth?
- RETRO is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RETRO mean?
- Deliberately copying or reviving the look, sound, or style associated with an earlier time, usually a past decade within living memory.
- What letters can be added to RETRO?
- RETRO takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of RETRO:
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