Words Containing RET
Explore a range of words that include the letter RET, showcasing the diversity and richness of the English language. Enhance your vocabulary with interesting and unique terms featuring RET.
3 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| ret | 3 | place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue | - |
4 letter words
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| fret | 7 | gnaw into; make resentful or angry | - |
| tret | 4 | - | - |
| rete | 4 | a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels | - |
| rets | 4 | - | - |
| aret | 4 | - | - |
5 letter words
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| retro | 5 | affecting things past | retroactive tax increase |
| beret | 7 | a cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth | - |
| egret | 6 | any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season | - |
| retch | 10 | make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit | - |
| retry | 8 | hear or try a court case anew | - |
| retox | 12 | - | - |
| trets | 5 | - | - |
| retie | 5 | tie again or anew | retie the string and make it strong enough now |
| retia | 5 | - | - |
| retes | 5 | - | - |
| retem | 7 | desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista | - |
| retax | 12 | - | - |
| retag | 6 | - | - |
| arret | 5 | - | - |
| arett | 5 | - | - |
| arets | 5 | - | - |
| arete | 5 | a sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains | - |
| curet | 7 | a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity | - |
| buret | 7 | measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration | - |
| caret | 7 | a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text | - |
| mpret | 9 | - | - |
| frets | 8 | - | - |
6 letter words
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|---|---|---|---|
| pretty | 11 | to certain extent or degree | pretty big |
| return | 6 | the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | the average return was about 5% |
| secret | 8 | not openly made known | a secret marriage |
| regret | 7 | sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment | he wrote a note expressing his regret |
| retire | 6 | break from a meeting or gathering | The men retired to the library |
| retard | 7 | slow the growth or development of | The brain damage will retard the child's language development |
| wretch | 14 | someone you feel sorry for | - |
| retain | 6 | secure and keep for possible future use or application | The landlord retained the security deposit |
| garret | 7 | floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage | - |
| retail | 6 | be sold at the retail level | These gems retail at thousands of dollars each |
| cretin | 8 | a person of subnormal intelligence | - |
| ferret | 9 | search and discover through persistent investigation | She ferreted out the truth |
| breton | 8 | a Celtic language of Brittany | - |
| retina | 6 | the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve | - |
| retake | 10 | capture again | - |
| turret | 6 | a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation | - |
| claret | 8 | dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine | - |
| barret | 8 | - | - |
| berets | 8 | - | - |
| retort | 6 | answer back | - |
| surety | 9 | a guarantee that an obligation will be met | - |
| hereto | 9 | - | - |
| retest | 6 | - | - |
| retune | 6 | - | - |
| floret | 9 | a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower) | - |
| retold | 7 | - | - |
| retool | 6 | revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving | We must retool the town's economy |
| retype | 11 | - | - |
| retell | 6 | render verbally | retell a story |
| aigret | 7 | a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume | - |
| amoret | 8 | - | - |
| affret | 12 | - | - |
| berret | 8 | - | - |
| befret | 11 | - | - |
| carets | 8 | - | - |
| charet | 11 | - | - |
| burets | 8 | - | - |
| arrets | 6 | - | - |
| aretes | 6 | - | - |
| aretts | 6 | - | - |
| curets | 8 | - | - |
| cretic | 10 | - | - |
| fretty | 12 | - | - |
| egrets | 7 | - | - |
| imaret | 8 | a hostel for pilgrims in Turkey | - |
| mprets | 10 | - | - |
| labret | 8 | - | - |
| torret | 6 | - | - |
| terret | 6 | - | - |
| wrethe | 12 | - | - |
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7 letter words
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| pretend | 10 | behave unnaturally or affectedly | - |
| stretch | 12 | exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent | - |
| retired | 8 | no longer active in your work or profession | - |
| retreat | 7 | move back | - |
| regrets | 8 | a polite refusal of an invitation | - |
| cabaret | 11 | a series of acts at a night club | - |
| pretext | 16 | an artful or simulated semblance | - |
| rethink | 14 | thinking again about a choice previously made | - |
| pretzel | 18 | glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot | - |
| retract | 9 | use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) | - |
| heretic | 12 | a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church | - |
| beretta | 9 | - | - |
| retinal | 7 | either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light | - |
| urethra | 10 | duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct | - |
| retrial | 7 | a new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are reexamined by the same court; occurs when the initial trial is found to have been improper or unfair due to procedural errors | - |
| retrace | 9 | to go back over again | we retraced the route we took last summer |
| wiretap | 12 | tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information | - |
| secrete | 9 | generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids | secrete digestive juices |
| retiree | 7 | someone who has retired from active working | - |
| retinas | 7 | - | - |
| retrain | 7 | teach new skills | We must retrain the linguists who cannot find employment |
| minaret | 9 | slender tower with balconies | - |
| retinue | 7 | the group following and attending to some important person | - |
| excrete | 16 | eliminate from the body | - |
| retouch | 12 | alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance | This photograph has been retouched! |
| pomfret | 14 | deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food | - |
| fretted | 11 | having a pattern of fretwork or latticework | - |
| leveret | 10 | a young hare especially one in its first year | - |
| cigaret | 10 | finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking | - |
| retuned | 8 | - | - |
| whereto | 13 | - | - |
| accrete | 11 | grow or become attached by accretion | The story accreted emotion |
| preteen | 9 | of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12 | a preteen party |
| thereto | 10 | to that | with all the appurtenances fitting thereto |
| excreta | 16 | waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body | - |
| ferrety | 13 | - | - |
| retimed | 10 | - | - |
| retread | 8 | use again in altered form | retread an old plot |
| preterm | 11 | - | - |
| fretful | 13 | nervous and unable to relax | a constant fretful stamping of hooves |
| affrets | 13 | - | - |
| coffret | 15 | - | - |
| clarets | 9 | - | - |
| erethic | 12 | - | - |
| curette | 9 | a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity | - |
| cretism | 11 | - | - |
| cretins | 9 | - | - |
| cretics | 11 | - | - |
| retains | 7 | - | - |
| retails | 7 | - | - |
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8 letter words
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| concrete | 12 | a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water | - |
| retarded | 10 | people collectively who are mentally retarded | he started a school for the retarded |
| secretly | 13 | in secrecy; not openly | met secretly to discuss the invasion plans |
| prettier | 10 | - | - |
| wretched | 17 | of very poor quality or condition | - |
| retrieve | 11 | recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection | - |
| retiring | 9 | not arrogant or presuming | a shy retiring girl |
| brethren | 13 | (plural) the lay members of a male religious order | - |
| retainer | 8 | a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) | - |
| retained | 9 | continued in your keeping or use or memory | in...the retained pattern of dancers and guests remembered |
| foretold | 12 | - | - |
| entirety | 11 | the state of being total and complete | he read the article in its entirety |
| pretense | 10 | an artful or simulated semblance | - |
| pretence | 12 | an artful or simulated semblance | - |
| discrete | 11 | constituting a separate entity or part | a government with three discrete divisions |
| foretell | 11 | make a prediction about; tell in advance | - |
| fretting | 12 | - | - |
| libretto | 10 | the words of an opera or musical play | - |
| retailer | 8 | a merchant who sells goods at retail | - |
| operetta | 10 | a short amusing opera | - |
| reticent | 10 | temperamentally disinclined to talk | - |
| stretchy | 16 | capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape | - |
| pretrial | 10 | (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases | - |
| diuretic | 11 | any substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess water | - |
| barrette | 10 | a pin for holding women's hair in place | - |
| amaretto | 10 | an Italian almond liqueur | - |
| firetrap | 13 | a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire | - |
| excreted | 18 | - | - |
| prettily | 13 | in a pretty manner | all this is most prettily done |
| retrofit | 11 | a component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured | - |
| prettied | 11 | - | - |
| retraced | 11 | - | - |
| urethane | 11 | an ester of carbamic acid | - |
| returnee | 8 | - | - |
| retuning | 9 | - | - |
| retaking | 13 | the act of taking something back | - |
| secretor | 10 | any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream | - |
| corretto | 10 | - | - |
| charette | 13 | - | - |
| diatreta | 9 | - | - |
| phoretic | 15 | - | - |
| retablos | 10 | - | - |
| retinoic | 10 | - | - |
| retoxing | 16 | - | - |
| retweets | 11 | - | - |
| caretook | 14 | - | - |
| caretake | 14 | - | - |
| carburet | 12 | combine with carbon | - |
| calcrete | 12 | - | - |
| dieretic | 11 | - | - |
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9 letter words
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| cigarette | 12 | finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking | - |
| secretary | 14 | a person to whom a secret is entrusted | - |
| returning | 10 | tending to be turned back | - |
| pretended | 13 | adopted in order to deceive | a pretended interest |
| prettiest | 11 | - | - |
| stretched | 15 | extended or spread over a wide area or distance | broad fields lay stretched on both sides of us |
| caretaker | 15 | a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person) | - |
| interpret | 11 | make sense of; assign a meaning to | How do you interpret his behavior? |
| stretcher | 14 | a stone that forms the top of wall or building | - |
| secretive | 14 | inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information | - |
| retaliate | 9 | make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil | The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing |
| retreated | 10 | people who have retreated | he had only contempt for the retreated |
| retrieved | 13 | - | - |
| retriever | 12 | a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game | - |
| retrieval | 12 | the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) | - |
| retention | 9 | the power of retaining and recalling past experience | - |
| secretion | 11 | the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance | - |
| regretful | 13 | feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone | felt regretful over his vanished youth |
| pierrette | 11 | - | - |
| pretender | 12 | a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives | - |
| heretical | 14 | characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards | - |
| retracted | 12 | drawn back and in | a cat with retracted claws |
| retractor | 11 | surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision | - |
| retardant | 10 | any agent that retards or delays or hinders | flame-retardant |
| retracing | 12 | - | - |
| retentive | 12 | good at remembering | a retentive mind |
| foretaste | 12 | an early limited awareness of something yet to occur | - |
| excretion | 18 | waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body | - |
| majorette | 18 | a female baton twirler who accompanies a marching band | - |
| retrocede | 12 | - | - |
| rethought | 16 | - | - |
| cretinous | 11 | afflicted with cretinism | - |
| retailing | 10 | the activities involved in selling commodities directly to consumers | - |
| retinitis | 9 | inflammation of the retina | - |
| retelling | 10 | - | - |
| reticence | 13 | the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary | - |
| ferreting | 13 | - | - |
| curettage | 12 | surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette | - |
| excreting | 19 | the bodily process of discharging waste matter | - |
| retardate | 10 | - | - |
| arboretum | 13 | a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition | - |
| librettos | 11 | - | - |
| ferretier | 12 | - | - |
| charettes | 14 | - | - |
| correttos | 11 | - | - |
| urethaned | 13 | - | - |
| unsecrets | 11 | - | - |
| shiretown | 15 | - | - |
| ristretto | 9 | - | - |
| retweeted | 13 | - | - |
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10 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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| pretending | 14 | the act of giving a false appearance | his conformity was only pretending |
| retirement | 12 | withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation | - |
| discretion | 13 | the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies | - |
| stretching | 16 | exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent | - |
| retrospect | 14 | look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember | - |
| carburetor | 14 | mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion | - |
| cretaceous | 14 | from 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants | - |
| retrieving | 14 | - | - |
| rethinking | 18 | - | - |
| discretely | 16 | - | - |
| retrograde | 12 | moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction | - |
| retraction | 12 | a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion | - |
| retaliated | 11 | - | - |
| pretension | 12 | a false or unsupportable quality | - |
| heretofore | 16 | used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time | - |
| unreturned | 11 | - | - |
| concretely | 17 | in concrete terms | concretely, this meant that he was broke |
| retraining | 11 | training for a new occupation | - |
| returnable | 12 | that may be returned | returnable bottles and cans |
| wiretapped | 18 | - | - |
| indiscrete | 13 | not divided or divisible into parts | layers that were fused into an indiscrete mass |
| retrovirus | 13 | any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell | - |
| wretchedly | 22 | in a wretched manner | `I can't remember who I am,' I said, wretchedly |
| prettiness | 12 | the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman) | - |
| beforetime | 17 | - | - |
| foreteller | 13 | - | - |
| concretion | 14 | a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body | - |
| diatretums | 13 | - | - |
| discretive | 16 | - | - |
| discretest | 13 | - | - |
| garreteers | 11 | - | - |
| foretopman | 17 | - | - |
| foretokens | 17 | - | - |
| forethinks | 20 | - | - |
| foretaught | 17 | - | - |
| foretastes | 13 | - | - |
| foretasted | 14 | - | - |
| foretopmen | 17 | - | - |
| fretboards | 16 | - | - |
| fleurettes | 13 | - | - |
| flowerette | 16 | - | - |
| ferretings | 14 | - | - |
| feretories | 13 | - | - |
| featurette | 13 | - | - |
| firethorns | 16 | - | - |
| firetrucks | 19 | - | - |
| farmerette | 15 | a woman working on a farm | - |
| excretions | 19 | - | - |
| erethistic | 15 | - | - |
| erethismic | 17 | - | - |
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