Unscramble HALOPHILES to get 260 words. HALOPHILES itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. HALOPHILE is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from HALOPHILES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 10 with 7, 38 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2. None has 8 letters.
HALOPHILE is the only one of the 9-letter words made with HALOPHILES letters; it scores 17 points.
EPHAHS tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HALOPHILES at 14 points; next come ALEPHS and PALISH on 11. POLISH and ALLIES will look familiar.
The 5-letter words from HALOPHILES are led by EPHAH and PHISH, 13 points each. PHASE, HELLO and HELPS are the familiar ones.
PHOH tops the 4-letter words in HALOPHILES at 12 points; next come HAHS and HASH on 10. HELP, SHOP and HOPE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with HALOPHILES letters, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. HAS, HIP and HOP are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of HALOPHILES for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with HA · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EPHAHS (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HALOPHILES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALOPHILES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 260) | 216 | 258 | 192 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: PHOH, PHOLAS, HISH, HOHA, HOHS, PLESH, SHOPE, HESP, HOH, ILLAPSE, LEIPOAS, PAHS and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 24 of them: PHISH, PHEOS, HEPS, PHEO, PHOS, PALEOS, PHO, POLIES, AHIS, HAOS, LAHS, LIPAS and 12 more. Scrabble UK skips 2 of them: HAOLES and HAOLE.
This word takes every letter of HALOPHILES plus a single extra one.