Unscramble HAILSHOT and you have 190 words, HAILSHOT itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from HAILSHOT by length: 1 with 8 letters, 10 with 6, 43 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 7 letters.
The best of the 5-letter words in HAILSHOT is HAITH, 11 points; ALTHO and HAILS on 8 follow. TAILS, ALTOS and HOIST are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HAILSHOT, the top score is 10, reached by 7. ALSO, LIST and LAST are the familiar ones.
HAH, HOH and SHH are the top 3-letter words from HAILSHOT, 9 points each. HAS, ITS and HOT will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of HAILSHOT, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with HA · ending in OT · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; HAHS, HASH, HATH and SHAH (10 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: HAILSHOT is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAILSHOT itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 190) | 156 | 190 | 141 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HAILSHOT, HAITH, HISH, HOHA, HOHS, HOH, SHALOT, HOAST, LITHS, SHOLA, SOLAH, TAISH and 22 more, 34 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: THALIS, THALI, AHIS, HAOS, LAHS, AHI, AHS, HOS, LAH, SHO, SOH, LOTSA and 3 more, 15 in all.
This word takes every letter of HAILSHOT plus a single extra one.