Unscramble POLYESTROUS and you have 362 words, POLYESTROUS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from POLYESTROUS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 6 with 9, 29 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Among 29 8-letter words in POLYESTROUS, the top score is 13, reached by 6.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble POLYESTROUS, 16 score 12 points, the group's best. POSTERS, POULTRY and POSTURE are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words from POLYESTROUS; 32 of them share the top score of 11. POETRY, STYLES and SURELY are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words from POLYESTROUS, 44 score 10 points, the group's best. REPLY, TYPES and SYRUP are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words in POLYESTROUS, the top score is 9, reached by 27. TYPE, TOYS and RELY are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 3-letter words made with POLYESTROUS letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. TOP, YES and YET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of POLYESTROUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with PO · ending in US · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PROSTYLES and PYLORUSES (14 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
POLYESTROUS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLYESTROUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 362) | 252 | 362 | 229 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); *the Words With Friends list changes.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 109 of them: STYLOPES, YUPSTERS, EUTROPY, PYROSES, SPULYES, YUPSTER, PELORY, POLEYS, PORTOUSES, POYSES, PRESSY, PRYSES and 97 more. Words With Friends* skips 24 of them: STYLOPS, PLOYES, PTOOEY, SLURPY, PLOYE, POSEY, PURTY, RESPOOLS, SPOOLERS, POOLERS, POSOLES, REPOSTS and 12 more. Scrabble US skips 1 of them: POOTERS.