355 words come out when you unscramble POLYACTINE, starting with POLYACTINE itself: 17 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CYTOPENIA and NYCTALOPE lead with 16 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34O1L12Y43A1C34T1I1N12E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from POLYACTINE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 16 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 36 with 2.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble POLYACTINE, 8 score 14 points, the group's best. OPTICAL, TYPICAL and PENALTY are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words from POLYACTINE, the top score is 13, reached by 9. POLICY, ACTION and POLICE are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words from POLYACTINE, 5 score 12 points, the group's best. PLACE, PANIC and OPTIC are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words in POLYACTINE, COPY, PACY and PYIC tie for first at 11 points. ONLY, CITY and TYPE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with POLYACTINE letters, 11 score 8 points, the group's best. CAN, ANY and ACT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of POLYACTINE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PO · ending in NE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CALOTYPE, EPICOTYL, LIPOCYTE and POLYENIC (15 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: POLYACTINE is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLYACTINE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 355) | 280 | 355 | 256 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POLYACTINE, CYTOPENIA, NYCTALOPE, ETYPICAL, POLYACT, PYCNITE, ECTOPY, ETYPIC, PONCEY, CANTILY, CLYPE, COTYLAE and 63 more, 75 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LINOTYPE, COPAY, PACEY, NOPLACE, PACY, PAEONIC, PATONCE, PICANTE, PLEONIC, TOECLIP, PLOYE, TALCY and 12 more, 24 in all.
These 3 words take every letter of POLYACTINE plus a single extra one.