Is RETROACTIVELY a word?
RETROACTIVELY is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words With Friends, has 13 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, RETROACTIVELY is a valid word.
What does retroactively mean?
adverb: after the fact.
“he will get paid retroactively”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
RETROACTIVELY: word details
- Pronunciation: reht-roh-AK-tihv-lee (approx., 5 syllables)
- Length: 13 letters, a long word. It is one of 13,953 13-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 21 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 23 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.
Shorter words inside retroactively
Words you can make from the letters of retroactively.
Solve a whole rack, not just RETROACTIVELY
RETROACTIVELY 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 RETROACTIVELY mean?
RETROACTIVELY is a adverb. It means: after the fact.
Is RETROACTIVELY a valid word?
Yes, RETROACTIVELY is a valid word. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 23 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.