Unscramble LATHWORK and you have 157 words, LATHWORK itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
L12A1T1H43W4O1R1K5
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from LATHWORK by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 6, 21 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LATHWORK, HAWK and HOWK tie for first at 14 points. WORK, TALK and ORAL are everyday picks.
Of the 54 3-letter words from LATHWORK, 4 score 10 points, the group's best. WHO, TWO and LAW are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of LATHWORK but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with LA · ending in RK · all 8-letter words
The meaning of LATHWORK, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LATHWORK works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LATHWORK itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 157) | 129 | 157 | 121 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
28 of the 157 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KOTWAL, AWORK, WROATH, HOKA, KHOR, KOHA, LAWK, THOWL, AWK, KAW, KOW, WHOT and 16 more. 8 of the 157 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HORK, KORA, LAH, OK, OWT, TOLAR, ARO and LOR.
This word takes every letter of LATHWORK plus a single extra one.