Unscramble ANDROGYNOUS and you have 299 words, ANDROGYNOUS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, GYNANDROUS leads with 15 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ANDROGYNOUS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 7 with 8, 21 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words in ANDROGYNOUS: GYNANDROUS, for 15 points.
ORGANDY scores highest among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ANDROGYNOUS at 12 points, ahead of NONGAYS and NOONDAY on 11. GROUNDS and DRAGONS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 6-letter words from ANDROGYNOUS is GOURDY, 11 points; ARGOSY and DONARY on 10 follow. AROUND, GROUND and DRAGON are everyday picks.
8 of 60 5-letter words from ANDROGYNOUS tie at 10 points; none scores more. YOUNG, YARDS and SANDY will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words in ANDROGYNOUS, DOGY leads with 9 points, then ADRY and DAYS on 8. DRUG, GUYS and DOGS are the familiar ones.
11 of 60 3-letter words made with ANDROGYNOUS letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. ANY, DAY and GAY will look familiar.
This word has the length of ANDROGYNOUS, with one letter different:
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What ANDROGYNOUS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ANDROGYNOUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDROGYNOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 299) | 213 | 296 | 188 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 85 of them: GOURDY, DONARY, DURGY, DUROYS, GANDY, GUNDY, GYROUS, ARGONONS, DANNY, DONNY, DRONY, DRUSY and 73 more. Words With Friends* skips 26 of them: GRODY, GURDY, ANYONS, DRYAS, GOONDAS, GYNOS, NONARY, SUNRAY, ANYON, DURAGS, GOONDA, GYNO and 14 more. Scrabble UK skips 2 of them: GOYS and GOY. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: DAGO.