HIRAETH is not a word, but unscramble HIRAETH and 101 words appear: the best are HEARTH and HITHER at 12 points each. HEATH, HAITH and HITHE are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from HIRAETH by length: 2 with 6 letters, 14 with 5, 33 with 4, 35 with 3 and 17 with 2. The longest answer has 6 letters.
HATH and HETH share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HIRAETH. RATE, HAIR and HEAR are the ones most people know.
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; HEARTH and HITHER (12 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
No. HIRAETH itself is not a word in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK or the list Words With Friends is built on, but its letters make 101 words that are.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIRAETH itself | No | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 101) | 85 | 100 | 81 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HAITH, HITHE, THRAE, TEHR, THAR, REH, ARET, ARTI, RAIT, TIAR, TRIE, ITA and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: AHI, ARIE, RAI and TE, 4 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.