Unscramble HALLO and you have 16 words, HALLO itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. HALLO has 1 anagram here, HOLLA, scoring 8 like HALLO itself. The 5 letters split into 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from HALLO by length: 2 with 5 letters, 3 with 4, 4 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Keep every letter of HALLO but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with HA · ending in LO · all 5-letter words
What HALLO means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HALLO, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALLO itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 16) | 15 | 16 | 14 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOA. Not in Words With Friends*: LAH.
Each word below uses all the letters of HALLO and one more.