Unscramble POLYETHENES and you have 341 words, POLYETHENES itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are POLYETHENE and POLYTHENES, 18 points each. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from POLYETHENES by length: 1 with 11 letters, 4 with 10, 8 with 9, 16 with 8, 45 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
Among the 10-letter words in POLYETHENES, POLYETHENE and POLYTHENES tie for first at 18 points. TELEPHONES is an everyday pick.
The 8-letter words you get when you unscramble POLYETHENES are led by HYPNOTEE and NEOPHYTE, 16 points each. HONESTLY and ETHYLENE are the familiar ones.
Of the 45 7-letter words from POLYETHENES, 8 score 15 points, the group's best. HONESTY is the one most people know.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble POLYETHENES; 10 of them share the top score of 14. HOTELS, PHONES and PYTHON are everyday picks.
6 of 60 5-letter words from POLYETHENES tie at 13 points; none scores more. PHONE, HELPS and HONEY will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in POLYETHENES, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. HELP, TYPE and SHOP are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with POLYETHENES letters, HYP leads with 11 points, then HEY and HOY on 9. YES, HOT and YET are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of POLYETHENES for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with PO · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by NEOPHYTES (17 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
POLYETHENES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLYETHENES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 341) | 260 | 340 | 235 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 81 of them: HYPNOTEES, HYPNOTEE, SPYHOLE, HOLEYEST, SHEEPY, POSHTEEN, THYLOSE, LYTHES, SHEETY, STEPNEY, YSHENT, HYENS and 69 more. Words With Friends* skips 25 of them: POLYETHENES, POLYETHENE, PHENETOLES, PHENETOLE, HENLEYS, TELESHOP, HENLEY, SHEEPLE, HOSEY, PLOYES, YEESH, PHEOS and 13 more. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: SHEENEY.