Words Containing RET

There are over 1.8K words with the letters RET in English. From short RET-words to long ones, find all the words that have RET in it grouped by length, each valid in Scrabble, Wordle, and Words With Friends. You can also see five letter words with RET.

3-Letter Words With RET

Short high-frequency RET-words:

ret

4-Letter Words With RET

Common 4-letter RET-words:

aret

fret

rete

rets

tret

See all 4-letter RET-words

5-Letter Words With RET

Common 5-letter RET-words:

adret

arete

arett

arret

beret

buret

caret

curet

egret

frets

mpret

retag

retax

retch

retem

retia

retie

retox

retry

trets

See all 5-letter RET-words

6-Letter Words With RET

Common 6-letter RET-words:

return

secret

retain

retail

retire

pretty

breton

aigret

berets

berret

carets

ferret

pretor

retama

retard

retook

retrod

returf

terete

wrethe

See all 6-letter RET-words

176

7-Letter Words With RET

Common 7-letter RET-words:

returns

retired

retreat

stretch

retains

secrets

aretted

befrets

fretful

retails

retards

retines

retints

retrees

retuned

retyped

riveret

soleret

viretot

wrethed

See all 7-letter RET-words

261

8-Letter Words With RET

Common 8-letter RET-words:

returned

concrete

retained

discrete

secretly

retrieve

entirety

operetta

phoretic

retaking

reticula

retoured

retoxing

retreats

secreter

solleret

stretchy

ureteral

urethras

wrething

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299

9-Letter Words With RET

Common 9-letter RET-words:

returning

secretary

interpret

retaining

stretched

retreated

stretches

cabrettas

cretinize

decretive

diuretics

pretasted

preterits

prettyboy

regretful

regretter

reticella

returnees

swimmeret

velverets

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278

10-Letter Words With RET

Common 10-letter RET-words:

retirement

stretching

discretion

charrettes

cretinizes

diatretums

garreteers

incretions

pretension

pretreated

regretting

rethinkers

rethinking

retrenched

retrocedes

sabretooth

secretions

shiretowns

stretchier

wiretapper

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245

11-Letter Words With RET

Common 11-letter RET-words:

interpreted

theoretical

interpreter

foretasting

hereticates

launderette

majoretting

preterminal

pretzelling

retainments

retardments

retinitides

retinoscope

retotalling

retrievable

stretchless

sulphureted

syncretises

syncretized

unretentive

See all 11-letter RET-words

182

12-Letter Words With RET

Common 12-letter RET-words:

accretionary

concretising

cretaceously

discretizing

foretopsails

interpreters

nonsecretors

polyurethans

pyretologies

restretching

retardataire

reticulating

retransforms

retrocession

retroelement

retrosternal

slipperettes

stretchmarks

sulphureting

syncretising

See all 12-letter RET-words

118

13-Letter Words With RET

Common 13-letter RET-words:

theoretically

interpretates

misinterprets

outstretching

oversecretion

phosphuretted

pretournament

reinterpreted

retexturizing

retirednesses

retroactivity

retrodictions

retrogression

retrospecting

retrospection

retrospective

retrovirology

secretariates

sulphuretting

vitreoretinal

See all 13-letter RET-words

14-Letter Words With RET

Common 14-letter RET-words:

interpretation

antiretroviral

cauliflowerets

discretionable

discretization

forethoughtful

hysteretically

misinterpreter

neurosecretory

pretensionless

pretermissions

retaliationist

retroflections

retrogradation

retrospections

secretaryships

semiretirement

syncretisation

syncretization

vesicoureteric

See all 14-letter RET-words

15-Letter Words With RET

Common 15-letter RET-words:

interpretations

concretisations

concretizations

dehydroretinols

discretionarily

hexachlorethane

interpretership

misinterpreting

norethisterones

overinterpreted

regretfulnesses

retaliationists

retinotopically

retroactiveness

retrogressional

retrogressively

retrospectively

retrovirologies

uninterpretable

unpretentiously

See all 15-letter RET-words

1,815 Common Words with RET

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What is the highest scoring word in
Scrabble that contains RET?

33 Points

The highest scoring word in Scrabble that contains RET is hexachlorethane with a total of 33 points.

H 4

E 1

X 8

A 1

C 3

H 4

L 1

O 1

R 1

E 1

T 1

H 4

A 1

N 1

E 1

A list of all RET words with their Scrabble and Words with Friends points. You can also find a list of all words that start with RET. Also commonly searched for are words that end in RET. Try our five letter words with RET page if you’re playing Wordle-like games or use the New York Times Wordle Solver for finding the NYT Wordle daily answer.

FAQ Words With Letters RET

How many words containing RET are in the English dictionary?

There are 1,815 words in the English dictionary that contain RET, and most of them are 9 letters long (299 words of that length).
What's the longest word containing RET?

The longest word containing RET is "norethisterones" at 15 letters long. If you're looking for a more everyday word, "interpretations" is the longest common word containing RET.
Are there any rare words containing RET worth more in Scrabble?

Yes. Uncommon words like "retexturize", "retexturizing", "retexturized", "retribalization" contain RET and can score big thanks to their unusual letters. "retexturizing" is worth 30 points in Scrabble before any bonus tiles.
What are the most common words containing RET?

Most words containing RET are 9 letters long, including everyday words like "returning", "secretary", "interpret", "retaining", "stretched".