Unscramble ETYMOLOGY to get 132 words. ETYMOLOGY itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. MYOLOGY is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
E1T1Y43M34O1L12O1G23Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ETYMOLOGY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 4 with 6, 18 with 5, 43 with 4, 49 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with ETYMOLOGY letters: MYOLOGY, for 16 points.
Among the 4-letter words from ETYMOLOGY, YOYO leads with 10 points, then ELMY and LYME on 9. LOGO, TOOL and TOME are the familiar ones.
GYM scores highest among the 3-letter words made with ETYMOLOGY letters at 9 points, ahead of LYM and MOY on 8. GET, TOO and GOT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ETYMOLOGY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with ET · ending in GY · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by MYOLOGY (16 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ETYMOLOGY is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ETYMOLOGY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 132) | 94 | 130 | 87 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
37 of the 132 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GOOLEY, MOOLY, MOYLE, YMOLT, ELOGY, GOETY, GOYLE, LYME, MOYL, YELM, GOEY, GYTE and 25 more. 7 of the 132 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MELTY, GOOLY, METOL, MEG, EMO, LOTO and TE. 1 of the 132 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: YOYO. 1 of the 132 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: GOY.
With one more tile, the letters of ETYMOLOGY spell the words below.