110 words come out when you unscramble HARMATTAN, starting with HARMATTAN itself: 14 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, AMARANTH leads with 13 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from HARMATTAN split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 14 with 6, 17 with 5, 34 with 4, 28 with 3 and 11 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in HARMATTAN: AMARANTH, 13 points.
34 4-letter words made with HARMATTAN letters; 4 of them share the top score of 9. MATH, MART and HARM are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of HARMATTAN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HA · ending in AN · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with AMARANTH (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HARMATTAN, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARMATTAN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 110) | 79 | 110 | 75 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
31 of the 110 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HARAAM, HARMAN, MARAH, AMARANT, MAHA, MATATA, RATHA, TAMARA, THANA, HARN, TAHA, TANH and 19 more. 4 of the 110 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MAHANT, HARAM, MANAT and MARA.
Each word below uses all the letters of HARMATTAN and one more.