114 words come out when you unscramble HYPOGENE, starting with HYPOGENE itself: 17 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. PHONEY is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
H43Y43P34O1G23E1N12E1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from HYPOGENE split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 6, 14 with 5, 32 with 4, 47 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 7 letters.
HYP tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HYPOGENE at 11 points; next come GYP and HEY on 9. ONE, EYE and HOP will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HYPOGENE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HY · ending in NE · all 8-letter words
What HYPOGENE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HYPOGENE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYPOGENE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 114) | 88 | 113 | 80 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HYEN, PEEOY, PEGH, PHENE, PHEON, PONEY, HOGEN, HYE, PYNE, GOEY, YGOE, GEEP and 14 more, 26 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PONGY, GYPO, HENGE, PHEO, GYNO, PHO, NEG and PO, 8 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: GOY.