Unscramble HOLOPHYTES and you have 257 words, HOLOPHYTES itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from HOLOPHYTES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 9, 6 with 8, 11 with 7, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HOLOPHYTES, HYTHES leads with 15 points, then PHOOEY and PHYTOL on 14. HOTELS, PHOTOS and HOSTEL are the familiar ones.
HYTHE tops the 5-letter words from HOLOPHYTES at 14 points; next come HYPES and HYPOS on 13. PHOTO, TYPES and HELPS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in HOLOPHYTES, 5 score 12 points, the group's best. HELP, TYPE and SHOP are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words made with HOLOPHYTES letters is HYP, 11 points; HEH and HEY on 9 follow. YES, HOT and YET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of HOLOPHYTES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with HO · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; HOLOTYPES (17 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HOLOPHYTES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLOPHYTES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 257) | 198 | 257 | 173 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PHOTOLYSE, THEOSOPH, HYTHES, SPYHOLE, HYTHE, SHYPOO, HOOLEYS, THYLOSE, HOOLEY, LYTHES, PHOH, HOOSH and 47 more, 59 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HOLOPHYTES, HOLOPHYTE, SHOTHOLE, HOSEY, PLOYES, POTHOS, PTOOEY, PHEOS, PLOYE, POSEY, THESP, HEPS and 13 more, 25 in all.