Unscramble POLYANTHUS to get 303 words. POLYANTHUS itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. SYPHONAL is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from POLYANTHUS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 8, 22 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 35 with 2. None has 9 letters.
5 of 22 7-letter words made with POLYANTHUS letters tie at 15 points; none scores more. LAYOUTS, AUTOPSY and OUTLAYS will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from POLYANTHUS, 11 score 14 points, the group's best. PYTHON, LAYOUT and YOUTHS are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble POLYANTHUS; 7 of them share the top score of 13. YOUTH, PLAYS and PATHS are everyday picks.
HYPO, HYPS and SYPH share the top score of 12 among the 4-letter words in POLYANTHUS. SHOP, PLAY and PATH are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words made with POLYANTHUS letters is HYP, 11 points; HAY and HOY on 9 follow. HAS, ANY and HOT are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of POLYANTHUS for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with PO · ending in US · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SYPHONAL (16 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. POLYANTHUS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLYANTHUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 303) | 247 | 303 | 230 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LOATHY, LUSHY, PHOLAS, POYNTS, SPOUTY, TOSHY, UNPAYS, UPLAYS, UPSTAY, YPLAST, HAPUS, OUTLASH and 44 more, 56 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SYPHONAL, APHONY, SHOUTY, UNHASP, NYAH, SHTUP, HALONS, ONLAYS, OUTSAY, PHOS, PHO, AHS and 5 more, 17 in all.