Unscramble LYOPHOBIC and you have 140 words, LYOPHOBIC itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PHYLIC leads with 16 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
L12Y43O1P34H43O1B34I1C34
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LYOPHOBIC split into 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 6, 18 with 5, 49 with 4, 48 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 8 or 7 letters.
The 4-letter words from LYOPHOBIC are led by HYPO and LYCH, 12 points each. COPY, COOL and POOL are the familiar ones.
The best of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble LYOPHOBIC is HYP, 11 points; HOY on 9 and BOH on 8 follow. OIL, BOY and PIC are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of LYOPHOBIC but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with LY · ending in IC · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PHYLIC (16 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LYOPHOBIC works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYOPHOBIC itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 140) | 118 | 138 | 100 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
22 of the 140 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHIBOL, HYLIC, PILCH, CHIB, BOOH, CLOOP, PIOY, YOOP, BOH, CLY, HOC, CH and 10 more. 18 of the 140 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BLOOPY, HIPLY, COLBY, LYCH, POBOY, CHOIL, CHOLI, BOHO, COPI, OCH, PHO, HOLO and 6 more. 2 of the 140 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: CHOLO and COOLY.