RETTING is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. RETTING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RETTING?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RETTING is to know. It scores 8 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RETTING
Back hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How RETTING scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in RETTING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 91,493.
What does RETTING mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The process of soaking flax or hemp in water to loosen the fibres from the woody stalk.
Before linen can be spun, retting rots away the material that binds the useful fibres. It can be done in ponds, in tanks, or by leaving the stalks to dew on a field.
How RETTING is used
Used in textile history and farming, where retting is a stage of preparing flax.
- Retting made the whole valley smell in late summer.
- The flax stalks needed two weeks of retting in the pond.
- Dew retting is gentler than retting in a tank.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RETTING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RETTING
The 7 tiles of RETTING in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in RETTING
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Common questions about RETTING
- Is RETTING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RETTING, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RETTING worth?
- RETTING is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RETTING mean?
- The process of soaking flax or hemp in water to loosen the fibres from the woody stalk.
- What letters can be added to RETTING?
- RETTING takes 2 hooks: 2 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of RETTING:
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