Unscramble APHYLLOUS and you have 229 words, APHYLLOUS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ALPHYLS, PHYLLOS and PLUSHLY lead with 15 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from APHYLLOUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 7, 19 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Of the 60 5-letter words from APHYLLOUS, 6 score 13 points, the group's best. PLAYS, HOLLY and SALLY are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble APHYLLOUS, HYPO, HYPS and SYPH tie for first at 12 points. SHOP, PLAY and HALL are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words in APHYLLOUS, HYP leads with 11 points, then HAY and HOY on 9. HAS, SAY and PAY are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of APHYLLOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AP · ending in US · all 9-letter words
What APHYLLOUS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept APHYLLOUS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| APHYLLOUS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 229) | 185 | 229 | 169 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HULLY, LUSHY, PHOLAS, UPLAYS, HAPUS, POLLY, PUHAS, PULLY, SLOPY, SPYAL, SULPH, UPLAY and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: APHYLLOUS, PHOS, PHO, PULAOS, HAOS, LAHS, AHS, HOS, LAH, SHO, SOH, YAS and 4 more, 16 in all.