Unscramble PHYLOGENETIC and you have 406 words, PHYLOGENETIC itself among them: it scores 23 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 21, among them PHYLOGENIC, PHYTOGENIC and PYTHOGENIC. 12 letters: 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PHYLOGENETIC split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 5 with 10, 13 with 9, 53 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 33 with 2.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words in PHYLOGENETIC: POLYGENETIC, for 19 points.
4 of 5 10-letter words made with PHYLOGENETIC letters tie at 21 points; none scores more.
Among the 9-letter words you get when you unscramble PHYLOGENETIC, GEOPHYTIC and HYPOGENIC tie for first at 20 points. TELEPHONY is an everyday pick.
Among 53 8-letter words from PHYLOGENETIC, the top score is 18, reached by 6. CLOTHING, ELECTION and GENOTYPE are the familiar ones.
GLYPHIC scores highest among the 7-letter words made with PHYLOGENETIC letters at 18 points, ahead of CIPHONY on 17 and GLITCHY on 16. HELPING, COPYING and HYGIENE are the ones most people know.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PHYLOGENETIC are led by HYPNIC, PHYLIC and PITCHY, 16 points each. POLICY, PYTHON and HOPING are the familiar ones.
The best of the 5-letter words from PHYLOGENETIC is GLYPH, 14 points; CHYLE and HIPLY on 13 follow. HENCE, HONEY and PITCH are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words in PHYLOGENETIC, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. HELP, CITY and TECH are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words made with PHYLOGENETIC letters is HYP, 11 points; GYP and HEY on 9 follow. HOT, HIT and EYE are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of PHYLOGENETIC for another and you can spell these 2 words:
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The 6 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by GLYPHIC, HYPNOTIC, PHENYLIC, PHYLETIC, PHYTONIC and PYTHONIC (18 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PHYLOGENETIC works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHYLOGENETIC itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 406) | 313 | 405 | 273 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
93 of the 406 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PHYLOGENIC, PHYTOGENIC, PYTHOGENIC, TYPHOGENIC, HYPOGENIC, YCLEEPING, CHELPING, HYPNOTEE, ONYCHITE, POTCHING, YPLIGHT, CLYPING and 81 more. 40 of the 406 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GEOPHYTIC, NEOPHYTIC, POLYCHETE, HELIOTYPE, HOPINGLY, CHIPOTLE, CHIPLET, NOTCHY, PHYTIN, ENOPHILE, EPIGYNE, HIPLY and 28 more. 1 of the 406 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: GOY.