189 words come out when you unscramble POLYDACTYLY, starting with POLYDACTYLY itself: 25 in Scrabble, 26 in Words With Friends. POLYDACTYL is the best of the shorter words, at 21 points. The 11 letters split into 2 vowels and 9 consonants.
P34O1L12Y43D2A1C34T1Y43L12Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from POLYDACTYLY by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 5 with 6, 42 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 9 letters.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words made with POLYDACTYLY letters: POLYDACTYL, 21 points.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in POLYDACTYLY: ALLOTYPY, for 16 points.
COYLY tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble POLYDACTYLY at 13 points; next come COPAY and DOYLY on 12. LOCAL, TODAY and ADOPT will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words from POLYDACTYLY, TYPY leads with 12 points, then COPY and PACY on 11. CALL, PLAY and COLD are the familiar ones.
YAY scores highest among the 3-letter words in POLYDACTYLY at 9 points, ahead of CAY and CLY on 8. ALL, TOP and DAY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of POLYDACTYLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with PO · ending in LY · all 11-letter words
POLYDACTYLY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
POLYDACTYLY works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLYDACTYLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 189) | 160 | 189 | 146 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POLYACT, CLODLY, CALLOP, POLLY, DALLOP, LALDY, PYAT, PYOT, CALP, CLY, PACO, PODAL and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: COPAY, COADY, PACY, YCLAD, TALCY, CAPOT, OATY, APO, CAL, LOC, OPA, ODA and 2 more, 14 in all.