Unscramble LATHERY and you have 176 words, LATHERY itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 3 anagrams of LATHERY are on the page: EARTHLY, HARTELY and HEARTLY, each 13 points. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of LATHERY in one turn: 63 in Scrabble (13 + 50), 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from LATHERY by length: 4 with 7 letters, 12 with 6, 29 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Among 29 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LATHERY, the top score is 11, reached by 6. EARLY, HEART and LATER are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words from LATHERY, 6 score 10 points, the group's best. YEAR, REAL and RATE are the ones most people know.
52 3-letter words you get when you unscramble LATHERY; 7 of them share the top score of 9. ARE, ART and LET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of LATHERY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with LA · ending in RY · all 7-letter words
What LATHERY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LATHERY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LATHERY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 176) | 139 | 176 | 136 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HARTELY, HEARTLY, EATHLY, HAYLE, LYTHE, HERY, HYLE, HYE, RAYLET, RHY, TELARY, ETHAL and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LAH, YER and TE, 3 in all.
These 5 words take every letter of LATHERY plus a single extra one.