Unscramble SHELTAS and you have 196 words, SHELTAS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 10 points: HASLETS and HATLESS. Among the shorter answers, 16 reach 9 points, HASSLE, LASHES and LATHES among them. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of SHELTAS at once for 60 in Scrabble (10 + 50) or 45 in Words With Friends (10 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from SHELTAS by length: 3 with 7 letters, 23 with 6, 52 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 17 with 2.
16 of 23 6-letter words made with SHELTAS letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. HASSLE, STEALS and LASHES will look familiar.
52 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SHELTAS; 25 of them share the top score of 8. SALES, LEAST and ASSET are everyday picks.
25 of 60 4-letter words from SHELTAS tie at 7 points; none scores more. LAST, SALE and LESS will look familiar.
Of the 41 3-letter words made with SHELTAS letters, 13 score 6 points, the group's best. HAS, SET and LET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SHELTAS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with SH · ending in AS · all 7-letter words
What SHELTAS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SHELTAS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHELTAS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 196) | 167 | 196 | 156 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ASHETS, ETHALS, HALSES, HEASTS, TASHES, ASHET, ETHAL, HALSE, HEAST, SHETS, THALE, HASS and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LAHS, SESH, AHS, LAH, TASES, ESTS, TASE, ATS, EST, TES and TE, 11 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of SHELTAS and one more.