Hidden inside alioth sit altho, laith, lathi and 5 others, five-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 8 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 62 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
altho, laith, lathi and 2 others tie for the highest Scrabble score from alioth at 8 points. The top 10 of 62 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 8 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in alioth. If a familiar word is all you need, start with altho. For points, 8 words tie at 8 points, including altho, laith and lathi.
Rearranging the letters in alioth produces 21 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with hail, oath, and tail. For points, 11 words tie at 7 points, including hail, oath and halo.
Unscrambling alioth turns up 17 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with hat, hit and hot. For points, 7 words tie at 6 points, including hat, hit and hot.
There are 16 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in alioth. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ah, at and ha. For points, 5 words tie at 5 points, including ah, ha and hi.
3 seven-letter words can be made using all the letters in alioth plus one additional letter.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are altho, laith, lathi, litho, loath, lotah, thali, and thiol, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from alioth earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in alioth produce 62 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 8 five-letter words, 21 four-letter words, 17 three-letter words and 16 two-letter words.