retire
Retire commonly means to withdraw from active participation, go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position, or pull back or move away or backward.
Length
6
Scrabble
6
WWF
6
Starts
RE
Ends
IRE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “RETIRE” Mean?
/ɹəˈtaɪə(ɹ)/
retire has 11 documented senses across verb.
Verb
11 sensesgo into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
“He retired at age 68”
withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds
make (someone) retire
“The director was retired after the scandal”
Show 5 more verb definitions
dispose of (something no longer useful or needed)
“She finally retired that old coat”
cause to be out on a fielding play
cause to get out
“The pitcher retired three batters”
“the runner was put out at third base”
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
6
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
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Definition
go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
Length
6 letters
Starts With
R
Ends With
E
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Letters
R, E, T, I, R, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★☆☆☆RETIRE has a Scrabble score of 6. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆RETIRE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆RETIRE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆RETIRE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
R
Letter Pattern
ABCDAB
CV Pattern
CVCVCV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
RE, ET, TI, IR, RE
Trigrams
RET, ETI, TIR, IRE
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