Unscramble PHYTANES and you have 226 words, PHYTANES itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from PHYTANES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 15 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
HEAPY and HYPES share the top score of 13 among the 5-letter words from PHYTANES. TYPES, PHASE and SHAPE are the ones most people know.
HYPE, HYPS and SYPH are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PHYTANES, 12 points each. TYPE, EASY and PATH will look familiar.
The best of the 3-letter words in PHYTANES is HYP, 11 points; HAY and HEY on 9 follow. HAS, ANY and YES are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PHYTANES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PH · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
PHYTANES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PHYTANES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHYTANES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 226) | 178 | 225 | 169 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 47 of them: HYPATES, HYPATE, SYNAPTE, YSHENT, HYENS, SYTHE, HEYS, HYEN, HYES, PYATS, PYETS, PYNES and 35 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: HEAPY, YEAHS, NYAH, THESP, HEPS, YEPS, AHS, YAS and TE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: NESTY.
Each word below uses all the letters of PHYTANES and one more.