Is RETALIATE a word?
RETALIATE is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends, has 9 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, RETALIATE is a valid word.
What does retaliate mean?
verb: take revenge for a perceived wrong.
“He wants to avenge the murder of his brother”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
RETALIATE: word details
- Pronunciation: rih-TA-lee-ayt (approx., 4 syllables)
- Length: 9 letters, a long word. It is one of 41,139 9-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 9 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 10 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
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Words you can make from the letters of retaliate.
Solve a whole rack, not just RETALIATE
RETALIATE is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does RETALIATE mean?
RETALIATE is a verb. It means: take revenge for a perceived wrong.
Is RETALIATE a valid word?
Yes, RETALIATE is a valid word. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.