Unscramble HALAKHISTS and you have 240 words, HALAKHISTS itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from HALAKHISTS split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 2 with 8, 7 with 7, 34 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 19 with 2.
SHAIKH scores highest among the 6-letter words from HALAKHISTS at 16 points, ahead of KAHALS and KASHAS on 13. STALKS is the one most people know.
13 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble HALAKHISTS tie at 12 points; none scores more. TASKS, TALKS and STALK will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words from HALAKHISTS, the top score is 11, reached by 8. TALK, HITS and TASK are the familiar ones.
The best of the 3-letter words in HALAKHISTS is KHI, 10 points; HAH and SHH on 9 follow. HAS, ITS and ASK are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of HALAKHISTS for another and you can spell this word:
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Here is what the 7 strongest answers mean; SHASHLIK (18 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HALAKHISTS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALAKHISTS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 240) | 164 | 239 | 144 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KHALATS, KHILATS, SKAITHS, KAHALS, KHALAT, KHILAT, LAKISH, SKAITH, TAKHIS, HAKAS, HASKS, KAHAL and 64 more, 76 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HALAKHISTS, HALAKHIST, SHAIKHS, SHAIKH, SAKTIS, ASSHAT, SAKTI, SHASTA, SIKAS, TAKAS, THALIS, SIKA and 8 more, 20 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: SHIKSA.