Unscramble PALYNOLOGIST to get 409 words. PALYNOLOGIST itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, STOOPINGLY leads with 16 points. 12 letters: 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PALYNOLOGIST by length: 1 with 12 letters, 2 with 10, 10 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 36 with 2. None has 11 letters.
STOOPINGLY tops the 10-letter words made with PALYNOLOGIST letters at 16 points; next comes OPTIONALLY on 15.
11 of 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble PALYNOLOGIST tie at 14 points; none scores more. OPTIONAL, PLAYLIST and POLYGONS will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words from PALYNOLOGIST, 10 score 13 points, the group's best. PLAYING, POSTING and STAYING are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words made with PALYNOLOGIST letters, the top score is 12, reached by 10. SAYING, PAYING and TYPING are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PALYNOLOGIST; 7 of them share the top score of 11. PLAYS, LYING and PANTY are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from PALYNOLOGIST, the top score is 10, reached by 4. PLAY, YOGA and PAYS are the familiar ones.
GYP tops the 3-letter words in PALYNOLOGIST at 9 points; next come PAY and PLY on 8. ANY, GAY and SAY will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PALYNOLOGIST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with PA · ending in ST · all 12-letter words
The meaning of PALYNOLOGIST, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PALYNOLOGIST, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALYNOLOGIST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 409) | 323 | 407 | 287 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
86 of the 409 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: STOOPINGLY, GLYPTALS, PALLYING, PLAYINGS, GLYPTAL, PAYINGS, POLYNIAS, POYSING, PAYLIST, PIGSNY, POLYNIA, PYGALS and 74 more. 36 of the 409 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SLOPINGLY, LOPINGLY, TYPINGS, GLOOPY, LOOPILY, PASTILY, POLYOLS, GYPOS, NOPALITOS, POLLINGS, POLYOL, PONGY and 24 more. 2 of the 409 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: GOYS and GOY.
With one more tile, the letters of PALYNOLOGIST spell the words below.