HALTERING

9 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What HALTERING Means

HALTERING is a form of HALTER, which means:

noun: rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading
noun: a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
verb: hang with a halter
verb: prevent the progress or free movement of“He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HALTERING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 A1 L1 T1 E1 R1 I1 N1 G2.

Anagrams of HALTERING (3)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

EARTHLING HEARTLING LATHERING

Words Made From The Letters In HALTERING

646 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

8 letter words (15)

ALERTING ALTERING ATHELING EARTHING HEARTING INGATHER INTEGRAL LITHARGE NARGHILE NARGILEH RELATING TANGLIER TERAGLIN THIRLAGE TRIANGLE

7 letter words (54)

6 letter words (108)

5 letter words (149)

4 letter words (192)

3 letter words (100)

AGE AHI AIL AIN AIR AIT ALE ALT ANE ANI ANT ARE ART ATE EAN EAR EAT ELT ENG ERA ERG ERN ETA ETH GAE GAL GAN GAR GAT GEL GEN GER GET GHI GIE GIN GIT HAE HAG HAN HAT HEN HER HET HIE HIN HIT ING IRE ITA LAG LAH LAR LAT LEA LEG LEI LET LIE LIG LIN LIT NAE NAG NAH NAT NEG NET NIE NIL NIT NTH RAG RAH RAI RAN RAT REG REH REI REN RET RIA RIG RIN RIT TAE TAG TAI TAN TAR TEA TEG TEL TEN THE TIE TIG TIL TIN

2 letter words (28)

AE AG AH AI AL AN AR AT EA EH EL EN ER ET GI HA HE HI IN IT LA LI NA NE RE TA TE TI

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