As a general rule the more letters of RETAINS you have, the greater the chance of a bonus.
Below are all the bonus words you can make if you have six of those letters, TISANE, and one other letter.
There are a lot of words, so to make learning easier, perhaps break them down into groups of 10-15 words or by distinct letter groups (i.e TISANE+A, B, C, D and E).
TISANE +
A - ENTASIA, TAENIAS
B - BANTIES, BASINET, BESAINT, BESTAIN
C - ACETINS, CANIEST, CINEAST
D - DESTAIN, DETAINS, INSTEAD, NIDATES, SAINTED, SATINED, STAINED
E - ETESIAN
F - FAINEST, FANSITE, NAIFEST
G - EASTING, EATINGS, GAINEST, GENISTA, INGATES, INGESTA, SEATING, TAGINES, TANGIES, TEASING, TSIGANE
H - SHEITAN, STHENIA
I - ISATINE
J - JANTIES, TAJINES
K - INTAKES, KENTIAS, TANKIES
L - EASTLIN, ELASTIN, ENTAILS, NAILSET, SALIENT, SALTINE, SLAINTE, STANIEL, TENAILS
M - ETAMINS, INMATES, MAINEST, MANTIES, TAMEINS, TAMINES
N - INANEST, NANITES, STANINE, TANNIES
O - ATONIES
P - PANTIES, PATINES, SAPIENT, SPINATE
Q - nothing
R - ANESTRI, ANTSIER, NASTIER, RATINES, RESIANT, RETAINS, RETINAS, RETSINA, STAINER, STARNIE, STEARIN
S - ENTASIS, NASTIES, SEITANS, SESTINA, TANSIES, TISANES
T - INSTATE, SATINET, TANTIES
U - AUNTIES. SINUATE
V - NAIVEST, NATIVES, VAINEST
W - AWNIEST, TAWNIES, WANIEST, WANTIES
X - ANTISEX, SEXTAIN
Y - nothing
Z - ZANIEST, ZEATINS
96 words in total. 2 letters TISANE doesn't combine with to make a bonus (Q, Y)