Unscramble PHILOLOGIES and you have 274 words, PHILOLOGIES itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is LOGOPHILES, 16 points. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34H43I1L12O1L12O1G23I1E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PHILOLOGIES by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 1 with 9, 2 with 8, 23 with 7, 42 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
LOGOPHILES is the only one of the 10-letter words made with PHILOLOGIES letters; it scores 16 points.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in PHILOLOGIES: LOGOPHILE, 15 points.
POLISH tops the 6-letter words from PHILOLOGIES at 11 points; next come GOLOSH and SEGHOL on 10. GOSPEL, LILIES and SLEIGH will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words in PHILOLOGIES, PEGHS leads with 11 points, then HELPS and HOOPS on 10. HELLO, HILLS and POLLS are the familiar ones.
The best of the 4-letter words made with PHILOLOGIES letters is PEGH, 10 points; HELP and HEPS on 9 follow. SHOP, HOPE and HILL are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PHILOLOGIES, the top score is 8, reached by 7. LOG, HIP and HOP are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of PHILOLOGIES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with PH · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 7 highest-scoring answers, starting with PISHOGE (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PHILOLOGIES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHILOLOGIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 274) | 214 | 274 | 177 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PISHEOG, PEGHS, SHOOGIE, SHOOGLE, GILPIES, GOLLOPS, HOOLIES, PEGH, PLESH, POSHO, SEGHOL, SHOPE and 48 more, 60 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LOGOPHILES, LOGOPHILE, PHEOS, GLOOPS, HEPS, PHEO, PHOS, POGOES, SHOGI, GLOOP, GOOLIES, HOLOS and 25 more, 37 in all.