144 words come out when you unscramble SHELTA, starting with SHELTA itself: 9 in Scrabble, 9 in Words With Friends. 4 anagrams of SHELTA are on the page: ETHALS, HALEST, HASLET and LATHES, each 9 points. It has 6 letters, 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from SHELTA by length: 5 with 6 letters, 31 with 5, 52 with 4, 39 with 3 and 17 with 2.
19 of 31 5-letter words in SHELTA tie at 8 points; none scores more. LEAST, TALES and STEAL will look familiar.
52 4-letter words from SHELTA; 21 of them share the top score of 7. LAST, SALE and EAST are everyday picks.
Of the 39 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SHELTA, 13 score 6 points, the group's best. HAS, SET and LET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SHELTA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with SH · ending in TA · all 6-letter words
The meaning of SHELTA, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SHELTA, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHELTA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 144) | 125 | 144 | 117 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
19 of the 144 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ETHALS, ASHET, ETHAL, HALSE, HEAST, THALE, SHET, TASH, EHS, LEATS, SALET, ELTS and 7 more. 8 of the 144 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LAHS, AHS, LAH, TASE, ATS, EST, TES and TE.
These 12 words take every letter of SHELTA plus a single extra one.