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Words starting with RET
There are 451 words starting with RET in the standard word-game list. The most common are return, returned, returning, retired, returns, retreat.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| return | document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability | 6 |
| returned | Bent back; angled. | 9 |
| returning | tending to return to an earlier state | 10 |
| retired | no longer active in your work or profession | 8 |
| returns | Merchandise returned to the retailer, wholesaler or supplier. | 7 |
| retreat | (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after… | 7 |
| retire | go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position | 6 |
| retirement | the state of being retired from one's business or occupation | 12 |
| retrieve | get or find back; recover the use of | 11 |
| retarded | relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development | 10 |
| retard | a person of subnormal intelligence | 7 |
| retiring | not arrogant or presuming | 9 |
| retain | hold back within | 6 |
| retail | the selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale | 6 |
| rethink | thinking again about a choice previously made | 14 |
| retribution | a justly deserved penalty | 13 |
| retainer | a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone | 8 |
| retaliation | action taken in return for an injury or offense | 11 |
| retro | affecting things past | 5 |
| retreating | The act of moving back from something; a retreat. | 11 |
| retching | The act of one who retches. | 14 |
| retained | continued in your keeping or use or memory | 9 |
| retreated | people who have retreated | 10 |
| retaliate | take revenge for a perceived wrong | 9 |
| retract | formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure | 9 |
| retrospect | contemplation of things past | 14 |
| retake | a shot or scene that is photographed again | 10 |
| retrace | to go back over again | 9 |
| retrieval | (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory | 12 |
| retina | the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the… | 6 |
| retriever | a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game | 12 |
| retraction | a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion | 12 |
| retrieving | An act of retrieval. | 14 |
| retaining | Of or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall. | 10 |
| retinal | in or relating to the retina of the eye | 7 |
| retrial | a new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or… | 7 |
| retrograde | moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or — for planets — around the sun in a direction opposite… | 12 |
| retention | the act of retaining something | 9 |
| retrospective | concerned with or related to the past | 20 |
| retractor | surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision | 11 |
| retailer | a merchant who sells goods at retail | 8 |
| rethinking | The act of thinking again or differently. | 18 |
| retracted | drawn back and in | 12 |
| retinue | the group following and attending to some important person | 7 |
| retrovirus | any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse… | 13 |
| retracing | Act of tracing again. | 12 |
| retort | a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) | 6 |
| reticent | temperamentally disinclined to talk | 10 |
| retable | A table or shelf behind an altar, on which are placed images or holy objects. | 9 |
| retack | To tack again. | 12 |
| retackle | To tackle again. | 14 |
| retag | To tag again or anew. | 6 |
| retailing | the activities involved in selling commodities directly to consumers | 10 |
| retailor | To tailor again or anew. | 8 |
| retaken | Taken again. | 11 |
| retaker | One who retakes. | 11 |
| retaking | the act of taking something back | 13 |
| retaliative | of or relating to or having the nature of retribution | 14 |
| retaliatory | of or relating to or having the nature of retribution | 14 |
| retape | To tape again. | 8 |
All 451 words
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- retail
- rethink
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- retrieval
- retina
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- retape
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- retardant
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- retaste
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- retch
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- rete
- reteach
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- reteaching
- reteam
- reteamed
- reteaming
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- retear
- retearing
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- retell
- retelling
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- retem
- retemper
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- retempering
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- retene
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- retentive
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- retentiveness
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- retest
- retested
- retesting
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- retexture
- retextured
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- retexturing
- rethinker
- rethinkers
- rethinks
- rethought
- rethread
- rethreaded
- rethreading
- rethreads
- retia
- retial
- retiarii
- retiarius
- retiary
- reticence
- reticences
- reticencies
- reticency
- reticently
- reticle
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- reticula
- reticular
- reticulate
- reticulated
- reticulately
- reticulates
- reticulating
- reticulation
- reticulations
- reticule
- reticules
- reticulocyte
- reticulocytes
- reticuloendothelial
- reticulum
- retie
- retied
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- retiform
- retighten
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- retightening
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- retile
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- retime
- retimed
- retimes
- retiming
- retinacula
- retinaculum
- retinae
- retinals
- retinas
- retine
- retinene
- retinenes
- retines
- retinite
- retinites
- retinitides
- retinitis
- retinoblastoma
- retinoblastomas
- retinoblastomata
- retinoid
- retinoids
- retinol
- retinols
- retinopathies
- retinopathy
- retinoscopies
- retinoscopy
- retinotectal
- retint
- retinted
- retinting
- retints
- retinued
- retinues
- retinula
- retinulae
- retinular
- retinulas
- retirant
- retirants
- retiredly
- retiredness
- retirednesses
- retiree
- retirees
- retirements
- retirer
- retirers
- retires
- retiringly
- retiringness
- retiringnesses
- retitle
- retitled
- retitles
- retitling
- retold
- retook
- retool
- retooled
- retooling
- retools
- retore
- retorn
- retorted
- retorter
- retorters
- retorting
- retorts
- retouch
- retouched
- retoucher
- retouchers
- retouches
- retouching
- retraced
- retraces
- retrack
- retracked
- retracking
- retracks
- retractable
- retractile
- retractilities
- retractility
- retracting
- retractions
- retractors
- retracts
- retrain
- retrainable
- retrained
- retraining
- retrains
- retral
- retrally
- retransfer
- retransferred
- retransferring
- retransfers
- retransform
- retransformation
- retransformations
- retransformed
- retransforming
- retransforms
- retranslate
- retranslated
- retranslates
- retranslating
- retranslation
- retranslations
- retransmission
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- retransmit
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- retransmitted
- retransmitting
- retread
- retreaded
- retreading
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- retreatant
- retreatants
- retreater
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- retreats
- retrench
- retrenched
- retrenches
- retrenching
- retrenchment
- retrenchments
- retrials
- retributions
- retributive
- retributively
- retributory
- retried
- retries
- retrievabilities
- retrievability
- retrievable
- retrievals
- retrieved
- retrievers
- retrieves
- retrim
- retrimmed
- retrimming
- retrims
- retroact
- retroacted
- retroacting
- retroaction
- retroactions
- retroactive
- retroactively
- retroactivities
- retroactivity
- retroacts
- retrocede
- retroceded
- retrocedes
- retroceding
- retrocession
- retrocessions
- retrodict
- retrodicted
- retrodicting
- retrodiction
- retrodictions
- retrodictive
- retrodicts
- retrofire
- retrofired
- retrofires
- retrofiring
- retrofit
- retrofits
- retrofitted
- retrofitting
- retroflection
- retroflections
- retroflex
- retroflexion
- retroflexions
- retrogradation
- retrogradations
- retrograded
- retrogradely
- retrogrades
- retrograding
- retrogress
- retrogressed
- retrogresses
- retrogressing
- retrogression
- retrogressions
- retrogressive
- retrogressively
- retropack
- retropacks
- retroperitoneal
- retroperitoneally
- retroreflection
- retroreflections
- retroreflective
- retroreflector
- retroreflectors
- retrorse
- retros
- retrospected
- retrospecting
- retrospection
- retrospections
- retrospectively
- retrospectives
- retrospects
- retrousse
- retroversion
- retroversions
- retroviral
- retroviruses
- retry
- retrying
- rets
- retsina
- retsinas
- retted
- retting
- retune
- retuned
- retunes
- retuning
- returnable
- returnables
- returnee
- returnees
- returner
- returners
- retuse
- retwist
- retwisted
- retwisting
- retwists
- retying
- retype
- retyped
- retypes
- retyping