The word retaining is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • retaining adj. Of or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall.
  • retaining v. Present participle of retain.
  • retaining n. The act by which something or someone is retained; a retention.

23 valid words from 3 definitions

ACT AS BY ELSE IS OF OR PARTICIPLE PERTAINING PRESENT RETAIN RETAINED RETAINING RETAINS RETENTION SOMEONE SOMETHING THAT THE TO WALL WHICH WITH

12 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

AI AIN ET ETA IN ING RE RET RETAIN TA TAI TAIN

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

AT ATE ER IN INIA TE

4 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

DETAINING REGAINING REMAINING RETAILING

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

RETRAINING

13 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+B BRIGANTINE
+C INTRAGENIC
+D DETRAINING
+H HERNIATING INEARTHING
+L ENTRAILING
+N ENTRAINING
+P PERTAINING REPAINTING
+R RETRAINING
+S RESINATING
+T INTREATING INTRIGANTE

4 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-A INTEGRIN
-E TRAINING
-G TRIENNIA
-T ARGININE

Scrabble scoring

  • 10 points.

Other languages

Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No suffixes (Word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)
  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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