Unscramble POLYENES to get 208 words. POLYENES itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, POLEYNS, POLYENE and SPLEENY lead with 12 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from POLYENES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 15 with 6, 55 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Among 55 5-letter words you get when you unscramble POLYENES, the top score is 10, reached by 18. SLEEP, OPENS and SLOPE are the familiar ones.
10 of 60 4-letter words from POLYENES tie at 9 points; none scores more. ONLY, OPEN and EYES will look familiar.
Of the 55 3-letter words made with POLYENES letters, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. ONE, SEE and YES are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of POLYENES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PO · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
POLYENES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
POLYENES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLYENES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 208) | 151 | 208 | 142 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PEEOYS, POLEYS, PONEYS, ESLOYNE, PEEOY, PEYSE, POLEY, PONEY, POYSE, PYNES, SLOPY, PYNE and 45 more, 57 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PLOYES, PLOYE, POSEY, YEPS, EENSY, PLEONS, PLEON, POS and PO, 9 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of POLYENES plus a single extra one.