Unscramble HAILSHOTS and you have 228 words, HAILSHOTS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from HAILSHOTS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 23 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 24 with 2.
HAILSHOT is the only one of the 8-letter words made with HAILSHOTS letters; it scores 14 points.
The best of the 6-letter words from HAILSHOTS is SHISHA, 12 points; ASLOSH and HOASTS on 9 follow. SHOALS is an everyday pick.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HAILSHOTS, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. LISTS, SHOTS and HOSTS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words in HAILSHOTS; 7 of them share the top score of 10. ALSO, LAST and HOST are everyday picks.
HAH, HOH and SHH are the top 3-letter words made with HAILSHOTS letters, 9 points each. HAS, ITS and HOT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HAILSHOTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HA · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 7 strongest answers mean; SHAHS (11 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts HAILSHOTS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAILSHOTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 228) | 180 | 228 | 161 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 48 of them: HAILSHOTS, HAILSHOT, SHISHA, HAITH, SHASH, SHISH, HISH, HOHA, HOHS, SHALOTS, HOASTS, HOH and 36 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: ASLOSH, THALIS, THALI, AHIS, HAOS, HOSS, LAHS, SOHS, AHI, AHS, HOS, LAH and 7 more.