Unscramble PHILOGYNOUS and you have 351 words, PHILOGYNOUS itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is PUSHINGLY, 18 points. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PHILOGYNOUS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 9, 16 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 33 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words made with PHILOGYNOUS letters: PUSHINGLY, for 18 points.
HOPINGLY tops the 8-letter words in PHILOGYNOUS at 17 points; next come YOUNGISH on 15 and INGULPHS on 14. POLYGONS will look familiar.
Among the 7-letter words from PHILOGYNOUS, HYPINGS and HYPOING tie for first at 16 points. HOUSING, PUSHING and POLYGON are everyday picks.
GLYPHS and HYPING share the top score of 15 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PHILOGYNOUS. POLISH, HOPING and SPYING are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words from PHILOGYNOUS is GLYPH, 14 points; HIPLY and HYPOS on 13 follow. LYING, PLUSH and SHINY are everyday picks.
HYPO, HYPS and SYPH share the top score of 12 among the 4-letter words in PHILOGYNOUS. SHOP, SHIP and GUYS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words made with PHILOGYNOUS letters is HYP, 11 points; GYP and HOY on 9 follow. GUY, HIP and HOP are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of PHILOGYNOUS for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with PH · ending in US · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PUSHINGLY (18 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: PHILOGYNOUS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHILOGYNOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 351) | 261 | 348 | 236 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 90 of them: PHILOGYNOUS, HYPINGS, INGULPHS, SHOOGLY, SHYPOO, GINSHOP, HOYING, INGULPH, NIGHLY, OUGHLY, POSHING, POYSING and 78 more. Words With Friends* skips 25 of them: PUSHINGLY, HOPINGLY, PHYSIO, HIPLY, GLOOPY, SOUPILY, GYPOS, PONGY, GYPO, SHLONG, GOOLY, GYNOS and 13 more. Scrabble UK skips 3 of them: GOYISH, GOYS and GOY.