Unscramble HAPHTARA and you have 52 words, HAPHTARA itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
H43A1P34H43T1A1R1A1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HAPHTARA by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 1 with 6, 4 with 5, 22 with 4, 16 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with HAPHTARA letters: PARATHA, for 12 points.
APHTHA is the only one of the 6-letter words in HAPHTARA; it scores 14 points.
Keep every letter of HAPHTARA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HA · ending in RA · all 8-letter words
What HAPHTARA means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HAPHTARA, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAPHTARA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 52) | 45 | 52 | 44 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HATHA, RATHA, TAHA, THAR, ARPA, RATA and TARA, 7 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PARATHA.
These 2 words take every letter of HAPHTARA plus a single extra one.