RETROGRESS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. RETROGRESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RETROGRESS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RETROGRESS is to know. It scores 11 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RETROGRESS
No single letter turns RETROGRESS into another word.
How RETROGRESS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in RETROGRESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 3 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RETROGRESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RETROGRESS mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To move backward or return to an earlier and usually worse condition.
Things retrogress when progress is lost, as when a recovering patient relapses or a standard of living falls. The verb sounds formal and implies decline rather than a simple step back.
How RETROGRESS is used
Used in formal writing about decline in health, skills or society.
- Without practice, his playing began to retrogress.
- The patient started to retrogress after the treatment stopped.
- Critics feared the country would retrogress into old habits.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RETROGRESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RETROGRESS
8 longer words begin with RETROGRESS.
Shorter words from the letters in RETROGRESS
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Common questions about RETROGRESS
- Is RETROGRESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RETROGRESS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RETROGRESS worth?
- RETROGRESS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RETROGRESS mean?
- To move backward or return to an earlier and usually worse condition.
- What letters can be added to RETROGRESS?
- No single letter can be added to RETROGRESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of RETROGRESS:
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