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Yes. The word retort is a Scrabble US word. The word retort is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is retort a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word retort is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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6-letter words (3 found)

RETORT,ROTTER,TORRET,

5-letter words (5 found)

OTTER,RETRO,ROTTE,TORTE,TOTER,

4-letter words (9 found)

RORE,RORT,ROTE,TORE,TORR,TORT,TOTE,TRET,TROT,

3-letter words (11 found)

ERR,ORE,ORT,REO,RET,ROE,ROT,TET,TOE,TOR,TOT,

2-letter words (7 found)

ER,ET,OE,OR,RE,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 36 words from retort according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of retort

retort

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈtɔɹt/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈtɔːt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
  • Hyphenation: re‧tort

Etymology 1

From Middle English retorte, from Latin retortus, from retorquēre (“to be forced to twist back”).

Noun

retort (plural retorts)

  1. A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback.
Translations

Verb

retort (third-person singular simple present retorts, present participle retorting, simple past and past participle retorted)

  1. To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation.
  2. To make a remark which reverses an argument upon its originator; to return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility.
    to retort the charge of vanity
  3. To bend or curve back.
    a retorted line
  4. To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.
Synonyms
  • (sharp reply): comeback, rejoinder, back answer
Translations

Etymology 2

From French retorte.

Noun

retort (plural retorts)

  2. (chemistry) A flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is bent down and tapered, used to heat a liquid for distillation.
    Hyponym: pelican
  3. An airtight vessel in which material is subjected to high temperatures in the chemical industry or as part of an industrial manufacturing process, especially during the smelting and forging of metal.
  4. A pressure cooker.
  5. A crematory furnace.
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Verb

retort (third-person singular simple present retorts, present participle retorting, simple past and past participle retorted)

  1. (transitive) To heat in a retort.

Further reading

  • Retort in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
  • Retort on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Rotert, Rotter, rotter

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French retorte, from Latin retorta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rəˈtɔrt/
  • Hyphenation: re‧tort
  • Rhymes: -ɔrt

Noun

retort f or n (plural retorten)

  1. (chemistry) retort (flask used for distillation)

Source: wiktionary.org