125 words come out when you unscramble POLLIWIGS, starting with POLLIWIGS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PIGSWILL and POLLIWIG lead with 14 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from POLLIWIGS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 1 with 7, 3 with 6, 21 with 5, 46 with 4, 36 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in POLLIWIGS: PILLOWS, for 12 points.
46 4-letter words from POLLIWIGS; 7 of them share the top score of 9. WILL, SLOW and SOIL are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of POLLIWIGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in GS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 7 highest-scoring answers, starting with PILLOWS (12 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
POLLIWIGS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLLIWIGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 125) | 96 | 125 | 87 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
27 of the 125 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POLLIWIGS, PIGSWILL, POLLIWIG, PILOWS, LOWPS, PILOW, GOWLS, LOWP, SOWP, GOLPS, GOWL, SPLOG and 15 more. 11 of the 125 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LIPOS, LIPO, LILOS, POS, GIS, GOS, LILO, PO, SIG, GI and OI. 2 of the 125 answers are missing from Scrabble US: WOPS and WOP.