149 words come out when you unscramble ETHNOGENY, starting with ETHNOGENY itself: 16 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ETHNOGENY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 4 with 6, 26 with 5, 44 with 4, 55 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 8 letters.
NEOTENY is the only one of the 7-letter words in ETHNOGENY; it scores 10 points.
GOTHY tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ETHNOGENY at 12 points; next come HENNY and HONEY on 11. THONG, TONNE and TEENY will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words from ETHNOGENY, YOGH leads with 11 points, then HYEN and HYTE on 10. THEN, TEEN and NOTE are the familiar ones.
Of the 55 3-letter words from ETHNOGENY, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. NOT, ONE and GET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ETHNOGENY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with ET · ending in NY · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with THONGY (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts ETHNOGENY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ETHNOGENY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 149) | 106 | 148 | 94 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ETHNOGENY, GOTHY, HENNY, HYEN, EOTHEN, GENNY, GENTY, GOETY, HOGEN, HYE, ETHNE, GOEY and 31 more, 43 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: THONGY, GOETH, HENGE, GOTH, GYNO, TENNY, YEET, TENGE, TENNE, TENNO, NEG and TE, 12 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: GOY.