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Definition of retrospect

"retrospect" in the noun sense

1. retrospect

contemplation of things past

"in retrospect"

"retrospect" in the verb sense

1. review, look back, retrospect

look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events remember

"she reviewed her achievements with pride"

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Quotations for retrospect

Experience is retrospect knowledge. [ Hosea Ballou ]

By our remembrances of days foregone. [ William Shakespeare ]

And oft a retrospect delights the mind. [ Dante ]

It is a characteristic of old age to find the progress of time accelerated. The less one accomplishes in a given time, the shorter does the retrospect appear. [ Wilhelm von Humboldt ]

All reasoning is retrospect; it consists in the application of facts and principles previously known. This will show the very great importance of knowledge, especially of that kind called experience. [ J. Foster ]

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retrospect in Scrabble®

The word retrospect is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters retrospect:

RETROSPECT

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Seven Letter Word Alert: (25 words)

cotters, erector, pectose, porters, potters, presort, pretest, protect, protest, rectors, reports, reposer, rescope, rescore, respect, restore, retorts, rosette, rotters, scepter, sceptre, specter, spectre, spotter, treetop

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retrospect in Words With Friends™

The word retrospect is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters retrospect:

RETROSPECT

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Seven Letter Word Alert: (25 words)

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Words within the letters of retrospect

2 letter words in retrospect (6 words)

or os pe re so to

3 letter words in retrospect (22 words)

cee cop cot err ops opt ore ors per pet pot roe rot see set sop sot tee tet toe top tot

4 letter words in retrospect (51 words)

5 letter words in retrospect (59 words)

6 letter words in retrospect (49 words)

7 letter words in retrospect (25 words)

cotters erector pectose porters potters presort pretest protect protest rectors reports reposer rescope rescore respect restore retorts rosette rotters scepter sceptre specter spectre spotter treetop

8 letter words in retrospect (10 words)

erectors potterer prescore prestore protects receptor reposter repotter secretor treetops

9 letter words in retrospect (4 words)

potterers protester receptors repotters

10 letter words in retrospect (1 word)

retrospect

retrospect + 1 blank (1 word)

retrospects

retrospect + 2 blanks (6 words)

cryptometers interceptors overprotects retrospected spectrometer spectrometry

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Words containing the sequence retrospect

Words that start with retrospect (8 words)

retrospect retrospected retrospecting retrospection retrospective retrospectively retrospectives retrospects

Words with retrospect in them (1 word)

retrospect

Words that end with retrospect (1 word)

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Word Growth involving retrospect

Shorter words in retrospect

re retro

Longer words containing retrospect

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