Words Starting With RET
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter RET. This section showcases how RET at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with RET, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
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
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| rete | 4 | a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels | - |
| rets | 4 | - | - |
5 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| retro | 5 | affecting things past | retroactive tax increase |
| retch | 10 | make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit | - |
| retry | 8 | hear or try a court case anew | - |
| retag | 6 | - | - |
| retax | 12 | - | - |
| retem | 7 | desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista | - |
| retes | 5 | - | - |
| retia | 5 | - | - |
| retie | 5 | tie again or anew | retie the string and make it strong enough now |
| retox | 12 | - | - |
6 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| return | 6 | the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | the average return was about 5% |
| 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 |
| retain | 6 | secure and keep for possible future use or application | The landlord retained the security deposit |
| retail | 6 | be sold at the retail level | These gems retail at thousands of dollars each |
| retake | 10 | capture again | - |
| retina | 6 | the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve | - |
| retort | 6 | answer back | - |
| retest | 6 | - | - |
| retune | 6 | - | - |
| retold | 7 | - | - |
| retool | 6 | revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving | We must retool the town's economy |
| retell | 6 | render verbally | retell a story |
| retype | 11 | - | - |
| retack | 12 | - | - |
| retags | 7 | - | - |
| retama | 8 | small genus of Mediterranean shrubs; often included in genus Genista | - |
| retape | 8 | - | - |
| reteam | 8 | - | - |
| retear | 6 | - | - |
| retems | 8 | - | - |
| retene | 6 | - | - |
| retial | 6 | - | - |
| retied | 7 | - | - |
| reties | 6 | - | - |
| retile | 6 | - | - |
| retime | 8 | - | - |
| retine | 6 | - | - |
| retint | 6 | - | - |
| retook | 10 | - | - |
| retore | 6 | - | - |
| retorn | 6 | - | - |
| retour | 6 | - | - |
| retral | 6 | moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction | - |
| retree | 6 | - | - |
| retrim | 8 | - | - |
| retrod | 7 | - | - |
| retros | 6 | - | - |
| retted | 7 | - | - |
| retund | 7 | - | - |
| returf | 9 | - | - |
| retuse | 6 | - | - |
7 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| retired | 8 | no longer active in your work or profession | - |
| retreat | 7 | move back | - |
| rethink | 14 | thinking again about a choice previously made | - |
| retract | 9 | use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) | - |
| retinal | 7 | either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light | - |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| retinue | 7 | the group following and attending to some important person | - |
| retouch | 12 | alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance | This photograph has been retouched! |
| retuned | 8 | - | - |
| retimed | 10 | - | - |
| retread | 8 | use again in altered form | retread an old plot |
| retable | 9 | - | - |
| retablo | 9 | - | - |
| retacks | 13 | - | - |
| retails | 7 | - | - |
| retains | 7 | - | - |
| retaken | 11 | - | - |
| retaker | 11 | - | - |
| retakes | 11 | - | - |
| retally | 10 | - | - |
| retamas | 9 | - | - |
| retaped | 10 | - | - |
| retapes | 9 | - | - |
| retards | 8 | - | - |
| retaste | 7 | - | - |
| retaxed | 15 | - | - |
| retaxes | 14 | - | - |
| retched | 13 | - | - |
| retches | 12 | - | - |
| reteach | 12 | - | - |
| reteams | 9 | - | - |
| retears | 7 | - | - |
| retells | 7 | - | - |
| retenes | 7 | - | - |
| retests | 7 | - | - |
| retiary | 10 | - | - |
| reticle | 9 | a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument | - |
| retiled | 8 | - | - |
| retiles | 7 | - | - |
| retimes | 9 | - | - |
| retinae | 7 | - | - |
| retines | 7 | - | - |
| retinol | 7 | an unsaturated alcohol that occurs in marine fish-liver oils and is synthesized biologically from carotene | - |
| retints | 7 | - | - |
| retiral | 7 | - | - |
| retirer | 7 | - | - |
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8 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| retarded | 10 | people collectively who are mentally retarded | he started a school for the retarded |
| retrieve | 11 | recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection | - |
| retiring | 9 | not arrogant or presuming | a shy retiring girl |
| 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 |
| retailer | 8 | a merchant who sells goods at retail | - |
| reticent | 10 | temperamentally disinclined to talk | - |
| retrofit | 11 | a component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured | - |
| retraced | 11 | - | - |
| retaking | 13 | the act of taking something back | - |
| retuning | 9 | - | - |
| returnee | 8 | - | - |
| retables | 10 | - | - |
| retablos | 10 | - | - |
| retacked | 15 | - | - |
| retackle | 14 | - | - |
| retagged | 11 | - | - |
| retailed | 9 | - | - |
| retailor | 8 | - | - |
| retakers | 12 | - | - |
| retaping | 11 | - | - |
| retarder | 9 | - | - |
| retarget | 9 | - | - |
| retasted | 9 | - | - |
| retastes | 8 | - | - |
| retaught | 12 | - | - |
| retaxing | 16 | - | - |
| retching | 14 | - | - |
| reteamed | 11 | - | - |
| reteller | 8 | - | - |
| retemper | 12 | - | - |
| retested | 9 | - | - |
| rethinks | 15 | - | - |
| rethread | 12 | - | - |
| retiarii | 8 | - | - |
| reticles | 10 | - | - |
| reticula | 10 | - | - |
| reticule | 10 | a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument | - |
| retieing | 9 | - | - |
| retiform | 13 | - | - |
| retiling | 9 | - | - |
| retiming | 11 | - | - |
| retinals | 8 | - | - |
| retinene | 8 | either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of light | - |
| retinite | 8 | - | - |
| retinoic | 10 | - | - |
| retinoid | 9 | - | - |
| retinols | 8 | - | - |
| retinted | 9 | - | - |
| retinued | 9 | - | - |
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9 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| returning | 10 | tending to be turned back | - |
| 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 | - |
| 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 |
| retentive | 12 | good at remembering | a retentive mind |
| retracing | 12 | - | - |
| rethought | 16 | - | - |
| retrocede | 12 | - | - |
| retailing | 10 | the activities involved in selling commodities directly to consumers | - |
| retelling | 10 | - | - |
| reticence | 13 | the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary | - |
| retinitis | 9 | inflammation of the retina | - |
| retardate | 10 | - | - |
| retacking | 16 | - | - |
| retackled | 16 | - | - |
| retackles | 15 | - | - |
| retagging | 12 | - | - |
| retailers | 9 | - | - |
| retailors | 9 | - | - |
| retainers | 9 | - | - |
| retaining | 10 | - | - |
| retakings | 14 | - | - |
| retallied | 10 | - | - |
| retallies | 9 | - | - |
| retarders | 10 | - | - |
| retarding | 11 | - | - |
| retargets | 10 | - | - |
| retasting | 10 | - | - |
| retchings | 15 | - | - |
| retchless | 14 | - | - |
| reteaches | 14 | - | - |
| reteaming | 12 | - | - |
| retearing | 10 | - | - |
| retellers | 9 | - | - |
| retempers | 13 | - | - |
| retestify | 15 | - | - |
| retesting | 10 | - | - |
| retexture | 16 | - | - |
| rethinker | 16 | - | - |
| rethreads | 13 | - | - |
| retiarius | 9 | - | - |
| reticella | 11 | - | - |
| reticency | 16 | - | - |
| reticular | 11 | resembling or forming a network | - |
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10 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| retirement | 12 | withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation | - |
| retrospect | 14 | look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember | - |
| retrieving | 14 | - | - |
| rethinking | 18 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| retraining | 11 | training for a new occupation | - |
| returnable | 12 | that may be returned | returnable bottles and cans |
| 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 | - |
| retackling | 17 | - | - |
| retailings | 11 | - | - |
| retailment | 12 | - | - |
| retailored | 11 | - | - |
| retainable | 12 | - | - |
| retainment | 12 | - | - |
| retaliates | 10 | - | - |
| retaliator | 10 | someone who takes vengeance | - |
| retallying | 14 | - | - |
| retardance | 13 | - | - |
| retardancy | 16 | - | - |
| retardants | 11 | - | - |
| retardates | 11 | - | - |
| retardment | 13 | - | - |
| retargeted | 12 | - | - |
| reteaching | 16 | - | - |
| retellings | 11 | - | - |
| retempered | 15 | - | - |
| retentions | 10 | - | - |
| retentives | 13 | - | - |
| retextured | 18 | - | - |
| retextures | 17 | - | - |
| retheorize | 22 | - | - |
| rethinkers | 17 | - | - |
| rethreaded | 15 | - | - |
| reticellas | 12 | - | - |
| reticences | 14 | - | - |
| reticently | 15 | with reticence; in a reticent manner | she answered the questions reticently |
| reticulary | 15 | - | - |
| reticulate | 12 | resembling or forming a network | the reticulate veins of a leaf |
| reticulums | 14 | - | - |
| retightens | 14 | - | - |
| retinacula | 12 | - | - |
| retinalite | 10 | - | - |
| retiracies | 12 | - | - |
| retiringly | 14 | - | - |
| retorsions | 10 | - | - |
| retortions | 10 | - | - |
| retotaling | 11 | - | - |
| retotalled | 11 | - | - |
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