What RETAKES Means
RETAKES is a form of RETAKE, which means:
- verb: take back by force, as after a battle“The military forces managed to recapture the fort”
- verb: capture again“recapture the escaped prisoner”
- noun: a shot or scene that is photographed again
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
RETAKES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 E1 T1 A1 K5 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of RETAKES (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In RETAKES
210 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (18)
5 letter words (61)
4 letter words (72)
3 letter words (45)
2 letter words (14)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.