Unscramble GHARIALS to get 186 words. GHARIALS itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 12 points: HARIGALS. Of the shorter words, GHARIAL and LARGISH lead with 11 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from GHARIALS by length: 2 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 17 with 6, 43 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 15 with 2.
5 of 43 5-letter words from GHARIALS tie at 9 points; none scores more. GIRLS, ALIAS and RAILS will look familiar.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GHARIALS; 7 of them share the top score of 8. GIRL, HAIR and RAIL are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of GHARIALS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with GH · ending in LS · all 8-letter words
The meaning of GHARIALS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
GHARIALS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GHARIALS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 186) | 158 | 186 | 143 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
28 of the 186 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HARIGALS, ARISH, GARIALS, AGILAS, GARIAL, RAHS, SHIR, SLAIRG, AGILA, AIGAS, GAIRS, GARIS and 16 more. 15 of the 186 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SHARIA, ARGH, AHIS, LAHS, AHI, AHS, LAARIS, LAH, SIGLA, AGS, GIS, LIAS and 3 more.
These 2 words take every letter of GHARIALS plus a single extra one.