403 words come out when you unscramble POLYARCHIES, starting with POLYARCHIES itself: 21 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CORYPHAEI and PREACHILY lead with 19 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from POLYARCHIES by length: 1 with 11 letters, 8 with 9, 54 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 40 with 2. None has 10 letters.
6 of 54 8-letter words made with POLYARCHIES letters tie at 18 points; none scores more. PHYSICAL, CALORIES and REPLICAS will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words from POLYARCHIES, 9 score 17 points, the group's best. HOSPICE, CASHIER and SHARPLY are the ones most people know.
12 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble POLYARCHIES tie at 16 points; none scores more. POLICY, CHAPEL and PIRACY will look familiar.
PSYCH scores highest among the 5-letter words made with POLYARCHIES letters at 15 points, ahead of CHARY and CHAYS on 13. CHEAP, HAIRY and CHIPS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble POLYARCHIES, the top score is 12, reached by 8. EACH, COPY and CASH are the familiar ones.
HYP scores highest among the 3-letter words from POLYARCHIES at 11 points, ahead of HAY and HEY on 9. HAS, PAY and PIC are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of POLYARCHIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with PO · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
The 7 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PREACHILY (19 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: POLYARCHIES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLYARCHIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 403) | 330 | 402 | 302 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 73 of them: POLYARCHIES, CHAPELRY, CORYPHES, PEACHILY, POLYARCH, CHYPRES, CORYPHE, POCHAYS, CHEAPY, CHYPRE, CLIPSHEAR, HEROICLY and 61 more. Words With Friends* skips 28 of them: COSPLAYER, PYROHIES, PHORESY, COSPLAY, HYPERS, LYCHES, PHYSIO, CAPISH, COPAYS, HEAPY, HIPLY, CARSPIEL and 16 more. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: HARELIPS.