Unscramble HAILIEST and you have 228 words, HAILIEST itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are HALITES, HELIAST and LITHIAS, 10 points each. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from HAILIEST by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 19 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Of the 60 5-letter words from HAILIEST, 36 score 8 points, the group's best. LEAST, TALES and STEAL are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HAILIEST; 36 of them share the top score of 7. LAST, EAST and LATE are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words from HAILIEST, the top score is 6, reached by 18. HAS, ITS and SET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of HAILIEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HA · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HALITES, HELIAST and LITHIAS (10 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
HAILIEST is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAILIEST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 228) | 191 | 228 | 178 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
37 of the 228 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HAILIEST, ETHALS, HISTIE, LITHES, TEHSIL, ASHET, ETHAL, HALSE, HEAST, LEISH, LITHS, SHIAI and 25 more. 13 of the 228 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: THALIS, SHITE, THALI, AHIS, LAHS, AHI, AHS, LAH, LITES, ATS, EST, TES and 1 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of HAILIEST and one more.