Unscramble PHOTOGENE and you have 168 words, PHOTOGENE itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
P34H43O1T1O1G23E1N12E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PHOTOGENE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 1 with 7, 7 with 6, 20 with 5, 59 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with PHOTOGENE letters: POTHEEN, for 12 points.
PEGH tops the 4-letter words in PHOTOGENE at 10 points; next come HEPT and HOOP on 9. THEN, OPEN and TEEN will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with PHOTOGENE letters, 6 score 8 points, the group's best. NOT, ONE and GET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PHOTOGENE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PH · ending in NE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GEOPHONE (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PHOTOGENE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHOTOGENE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 168) | 131 | 168 | 115 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PHOTOGEN, PEGH, PHENE, PHEON, EOTHEN, HEPT, HOGEN, ETHNE, HOTEN, OHONE, ETHE, GEEP and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PHOTOGENE, GOETH, HENGE, PHEO, GOTH, PHO, PONGO, POGO, HOO, TENGE, TOPO, POO and 4 more, 16 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of PHOTOGENE spell the words below.