Unscramble PALEOGENE and you have 185 words, PALEOGENE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PALEOGENE split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 9 with 6, 41 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in PALEOGENE: PEONAGE, for 10 points.
Among 41 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PALEOGENE, the top score is 8, reached by 8. ALONG, PANEL and ALONE are the familiar ones.
9 of 60 4-letter words from PALEOGENE tie at 7 points; none scores more. PAGE, LONG and OPEN will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words from PALEOGENE, GAP and PEG tie for first at 6 points. ONE, AGE and LOG are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of PALEOGENE for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with PA · ending in NE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PEONAGE (10 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: PALEOGENE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALEOGENE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 185) | 146 | 185 | 135 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PEENGE, PLONGE, ALPEEN, GOLPE, PAGLE, PLONG, PONGA, ELPEE, ENGAOL, GAPO, GEEP, GOLP and 27 more, 39 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PALEOGENE, PONGAL, PALEO, PLEON, ANGLO, LOANEE, APO, GEAN, OPA, NEG and PO, 11 in all.