Unscramble JHALA and you have 13 words, JHALA itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, HAJ leads with 13 points. 5 letters: 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from JHALA split into 1 with 5 letters, 6 with 3 and 6 with 2. None has 4 letters.
Trade one tile of JHALA for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 5-letter words: starting with JH · ending in LA · all 5-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; HAJ (13 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: JHALA is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| JHALA itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 13) | 11 | 13 | 10 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
2 of the 13 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: JHALA and JA. 1 of the 13 answers is missing from Words With Friends*: LAH.
With one more tile, the letters of JHALA spell the words below.