Unscramble PHYLOGENIC and you have 299 words, PHYLOGENIC itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
P34H43Y43L12O1G23E1N12I1C34
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PHYLOGENIC by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 7 with 8, 23 with 7, 59 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PHYLOGENIC, GLYPHIC leads with 18 points, then CIPHONY on 17 and HYPOING on 16. HELPING, COPYING and ECHOING are the familiar ones.
Among the 6-letter words from PHYLOGENIC, HYPNIC and PHYLIC tie for first at 16 points. POLICY, POLICE and HOPING are everyday picks.
GLYPH tops the 5-letter words from PHYLOGENIC at 14 points; next come CHYLE and HIPLY on 13. PHONE, HONEY and LYNCH will look familiar.
60 4-letter words in PHYLOGENIC; 4 of them share the top score of 12. HELP, COPY and HOPE are everyday picks.
HYP tops the 3-letter words made with PHYLOGENIC letters at 11 points; next come GYP and HEY on 9. PIC, HIP and HOP will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of PHYLOGENIC, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with PH · ending in IC · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by GLYPHIC and PHENYLIC (18 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PHYLOGENIC is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHYLOGENIC itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 299) | 232 | 298 | 206 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 67 of them: PHYLOGENIC, HYPOGENIC, CHELPING, CLYPING, HEYING, HOYING, HYEING, HYLIC, NIGHLY, PHENIC, PONCEY, CHELP and 55 more. Words With Friends* skips 26 of them: HOPINGLY, HIPLY, LYCH, CHING, GINCH, GONCH, PLEONIC, PONGY, CHOIL, CHOLI, GYPO, LOCHE and 14 more. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: GOY.