Unscramble CRYPTOGAMY and you have 209 words, CRYPTOGAMY itself among them: it scores 23 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. CRYPTOGAM is the best of the shorter words, at 19 points. 10 letters: 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
C34R1Y43P34T1O1G23A1M34Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CRYPTOGAMY by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 1 with 7, 11 with 6, 56 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
CRYPTOGAM is the only one of the 9-letter words in CRYPTOGAMY; it scores 19 points.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with CRYPTOGAMY letters: COMPART, for 13 points.
Among the 5-letter words from CRYPTOGAMY, PYGMY leads with 16 points, then MYOPY and YAMPY on 15. PARTY, ACTOR and MAYOR are the familiar ones.
GYMP and TYPY share the top score of 12 among the 4-letter words in CRYPTOGAMY. COPY, ARMY and CAMP are the ones most people know.
MYC tops the 3-letter words made with CRYPTOGAMY letters at 10 points; next come GYM and GYP on 9. MAY, MAP and CAR will look familiar.
Trade one tile of CRYPTOGAMY for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with CR · ending in MY · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PYGMY (16 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: CRYPTOGAMY is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRYPTOGAMY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 209) | 166 | 208 | 152 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); *the Words With Friends list changes.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 43 of them: CRYPTOGAMY, YAMPY, CRAPY, GORAMY, GYMP, MORGAY, GORMY, GRYPT, MOCAP, TYMP, YMPT, COMART and 31 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: CRAMPY, PYROGY, GRAMPY, TRAMPY, COPAY, YOMP, GYPO, MYC, ORACY, CAPOT, GOATY, APO and 2 more. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: GOY.