Unscramble MICROPYLES and you have 336 words, MICROPYLES itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MICROPYLES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 9, 17 with 8, 46 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
Among the 8-letter words in MICROPYLES, OLYMPICS, SCRIMPLY and SYMPLOCE tie for first at 17 points. COMPILER, COMPRISE and POLYMERS are everyday picks.
Among 46 7-letter words from MICROPYLES, the top score is 16, reached by 4. PROMISE, COMPILE and POLYMER are the familiar ones.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MICROPYLES; 4 of them share the top score of 15. POLICY, LYRICS and SIMPLY are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words in MICROPYLES, 18 score 12 points, the group's best. REPLY, LYRIC and MERCY are the ones most people know.
7 of 60 4-letter words made with MICROPYLES letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. COME, COPY and CLIP will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MICROPYLES, MYC leads with 10 points, then CLY and COY on 8. YES, ICE and PIC are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of MICROPYLES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; POLYMERIC and POLYSEMIC (18 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. MICROPYLES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MICROPYLES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 336) | 257 | 336 | 230 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OLYMPICS, SCRIMPLY, SYMPLOCE, COPYISM, MYOPICS, ISOCRYME, CLYPES, COMPERS, CYPRIS, PRISMY, PYROLISE, CLYPE and 67 more, 79 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: POLYSEMIC, MOPILY, COPSY, POLICERS, YOMPS, MYCS, PLOYES, POLICER, YOMP, CORYS, MOLYS, MYC and 15 more, 27 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of MICROPYLES spell the words below.