Unscramble SHASTRAS and you have 94 words, SHASTRAS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 10: 4 of them, ASSHATS, HASSARS and SHASTAS included. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from SHASTRAS split into 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 12 with 6, 20 with 5, 27 with 4, 19 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Keep every letter of SHASTRAS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SH · ending in AS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ASSHATS and SHASTAS (10 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: SHASTRAS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHASTRAS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 94) | 61 | 94 | 53 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 33 of them: SHASTRAS, HASSARS, SHASTRA, HASSAR, RATHAS, HASTA, RATHA, RATHS, TAHAS, THARS, ASSARTS, HASS and 21 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: ASSHATS, SHASTAS, ASSHAT, SHARTS, SHASTA, SHART, AHS and ATS.