Unscramble POLLYWIGS and you have 171 words, POLLYWIGS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, POLLYWIG leads with 17 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from POLLYWIGS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 4 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in POLLYWIGS: POLLYWIG, for 17 points.
WISPY tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble POLLYWIGS at 13 points; next come GILPY and GIPSY on 11. POLLS, PILLS and SILLY will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with POLLYWIGS letters, 8 score 10 points, the group's best. WILL, SLOW and POLL are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble POLLYWIGS, GYP, SWY and YOW tie for first at 9 points. LOW, LOG and OIL are everyday picks.
These 5 words have the length of POLLYWIGS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in GS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PILLOWY (15 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
POLLYWIGS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLLYWIGS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 171) | 133 | 169 | 122 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
36 of the 171 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POLLYWIGS, POLLYWIG, GILPY, PILOWS, WOLLY, LOWPS, PILOW, PIOYS, POLLY, SLOPY, GOWLS, LOWP and 24 more. 13 of the 171 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GYPOS, GYPO, OWLY, LIPOS, LIPO, LILOS, POS, GIS, GOS, PO, SIG, GI and 1 more. 2 of the 171 answers are missing from Scrabble US: WOPS and WOP. 2 of the 171 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: GOYS and GOY.