Unscramble POLYGENES and you have 238 words, POLYGENES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, POLYGENE leads with 14 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from POLYGENES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 7 with 7, 29 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble POLYGENES, POGEYS and SPONGY tie for first at 12 points. GOSPEL, OPENLY and SLEEPY are everyday picks.
GYPOS, POGEY and PONGY share the top score of 11 among the 5-letter words from POLYGENES. OPENS and POLES are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from POLYGENES, GYPO, GYPS and POGY tie for first at 10 points. ONLY, OPEN and EYES are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words in POLYGENES, GYP leads with 9 points, then PLY and PYE on 8. YES, LOG and EYE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of POLYGENES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What POLYGENES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept POLYGENES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLYGENES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 238) | 162 | 236 | 146 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
76 of the 238 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PEEOYS, POLEYS, PONEYS, ESLOYNE, GELOSY, GOYLES, PEEOY, PEYSE, PLONGES, POLEY, PONEY, POYSE and 64 more. 16 of the 238 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GYPOS, PLOYES, PONGY, GYPO, PLOYE, POSEY, GYNOS, YEPS, EENSY, GYNO, PLEONS, PLEON and 4 more. 2 of the 238 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: GOYS and GOY.
This word takes every letter of POLYGENES plus a single extra one.