Is “Halts” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
HALTS
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Invalid

Meaning of Halts

/hɑlts/

verb
  1. 1.To limp; move with a limping gait.

  2. 2.To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.

  3. 3.To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.

noun
  1. 1.A cessation, either temporary or permanent.

    The contract negotiations put a halt to operations.

  2. 2.A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.

    The halt itself never achieved much importance, even with workers coming to and from the adjacent works.

Synonyms: close, endpoint, terminus, hiatus, moratorium, recess

verb
  1. 1.To stop marching.

  2. 2.To stop either temporarily or permanently.

  3. 3.To bring to a stop.

Synonyms: freeze, immobilize, break off, shut down, stop, terminate

noun
  1. 1.Lameness; a limp.