Unscramble HYPOGYNOUS to get 206 words. HYPOGYNOUS itself is a real word: 22 points on a Scrabble board, 23 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from HYPOGYNOUS split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 7, 16 with 6, 43 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 9 or 8 letters.
GYPSY tops the 5-letter words from HYPOGYNOUS at 14 points; next come HYPOS and PHONY on 13. YOUNG, SPOON and SNOOP will look familiar.
HYPO, HYPS and SYPH share the top score of 12 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HYPOGYNOUS. SHOP, GUYS and PUSH are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words made with HYPOGYNOUS letters is HYP, 11 points; GYP and HOY on 9 follow. GUY, UPS and HOP are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of HYPOGYNOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by GYPSY and SYPHON (14 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HYPOGYNOUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYPOGYNOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 206) | 159 | 202 | 139 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 45 of them: SHYPOO, UNHOOPS, GYNY, HUGY, POYSON, UNHOOP, POSHO, YOOPS, GONYS, HUPS, NOYOUS, POHS and 33 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: GYPOS, PONGY, GYPO, GYNOS, PHOS, PONGOS, GYNO, PHO, POGOS, PONGO, POGO, HOO and 8 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: YOYOS and YOYO. Scrabble UK skips 2 of them: GOYS and GOY.