Unscramble HAILSTORMS and you have 338 words, HAILSTORMS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, HAILSTORM and MAILSHOTS lead with 14 points. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from HAILSTORMS split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 16 with 8, 46 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2.
12 of 46 7-letter words from HAILSTORMS tie at 12 points; none scores more. SAILORS, MORTALS and TAILORS will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HAILSTORMS, the top score is 11, reached by 19. ALMOST, SHIRTS and SHORTS are the familiar ones.
21 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HAILSTORMS tie at 10 points; none scores more. SHIRT, HOSTS and MARSH will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from HAILSTORMS, 18 score 9 points, the group's best. HAIR, HOST and HITS are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words in HAILSTORMS; 5 of them share the top score of 8. HAS, AIR and HOT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of HAILSTORMS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with HA · ending in MS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 7 highest-scoring answers, starting with MAILSHOTS (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HAILSTORMS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAILSTORMS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 338) | 270 | 338 | 232 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HALIMOTS, HARMOSTS, THRIMSAS, HALIMOT, HARMOST, HOLMIAS, MAHSIRS, THRIMSA, HARIMS, HOLMIA, LAMISH, MAHSIR and 56 more, 68 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MAILSHOTS, MAILSHOT, RIMSHOTS, SMARTISH, RIMSHOT, AIRSHOTS, MORISH, AIRSHOT, HOMAS, ORISHAS, ASLOSH, HIMS and 26 more, 38 in all.
These 3 words take every letter of HAILSTORMS plus a single extra one.