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Is retinue a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word retinue is a Scrabble US word. The word retinue is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

R1E1T1I1N1U1E1

Is retinue a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word retinue is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

R1E1T1I1N1U1E1

Is retinue a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word retinue is a Words With Friends word. The word retinue is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1E1T1I1N2U2E1

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7-letter words (4 found)

NEURITE,RETINUE,REUNITE,UTERINE,

6-letter words (11 found)

ENTIRE,NERITE,NEUTER,RETINE,RETUNE,TENURE,TRIENE,TRIUNE,TUNIER,TUREEN,UNITER,

5-letter words (21 found)

ENTER,ENURE,INERT,INTER,INURE,NITER,NITRE,RENTE,RETIE,RUTIN,TENUE,TERNE,TREEN,TRINE,TUNER,UNITE,UNTIE,URENT,URINE,URITE,UTERI,

4-letter words (31 found)

EINE,ERNE,ETEN,ETUI,IURE,NETE,NITE,REEN,REIN,RENT,RETE,RINE,RITE,RUIN,RUNE,RUNT,TEEN,TEER,TEIN,TENE,TERN,TIER,TINE,TIRE,TREE,TRIE,TRIN,TRUE,TUNE,TURN,UNIT,

3-letter words (30 found)

EEN,ENE,ERE,ERN,IRE,NEE,NET,NIE,NIT,NUR,NUT,REE,REI,REN,RET,RIN,RIT,RUE,RUN,RUT,TEE,TEN,TIE,TIN,TUI,TUN,UNI,URE,URN,UTE,

2-letter words (14 found)

EE,EN,ER,ET,IN,IT,NE,NU,RE,TE,TI,UN,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 112 words from retinue according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of retinue

retinue

Etymology

From Middle English retenue, from Old French retenue, past participle of retenir (“retain”). Doublet of ritenuto.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛt.ɪ.njuː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛtɪn(j)uː/
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈtɪnjuː/
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Noun

retinue (plural retinues)

  1. A group of attendants or servants, especially of someone considered important.
    Synonyms: entourage, (obsolete, rare) retain
    • 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
      Preceded by a Simpsons short shot in 3-D—perhaps the only thing more superfluous than a fourth Ice Age movie—Ice Age: Continental Drift finds a retinue of vaguely contemporaneous animals coping with life in the post-Pangaea age.
  2. A group of warriors or nobles accompanying a king or other leader; comitatus.
    • 1992, J. A. V. Haney and Eric Dahl, “On Igor’s Campaign” (translation of Слово о плъку Игоревѣ):
      Then Igor looked up at the bright sun and saw all his warriors / darkened from it by a shadow. / And Igor said to his retinue: / “Brothers and companions! It is better to be slain than taken captive. / Mount, brothers, your swift horses that we may glimpse the Blue Don.”
  3. (obsolete) A service relationship.

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Anagrams

  • neurite, reunite, unitree, uterine

Middle English

Noun

retinue

  1. Alternative form of retenue

Source: wiktionary.org