Is HALES a word?
HALES is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 6 other words, plus 32 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, HALES is a valid word.
What does hales mean?
HALES is an inflected form of hale.
noun: a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776).
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
HALES: word details
- Pronunciation: HAYLZ (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 8 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 8 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so HALES works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of hales
Shorter words inside hales
Words you can make from the letters of hales.
Solve a whole rack, not just HALES
HALES is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does HALES mean?
HALES is an inflected form of hale and is a noun. It means: a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776).
Is HALES a valid word?
Yes, HALES is a valid word. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.