Unscramble POLYGENETIC to get 342 words. POLYGENETIC itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 23 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
P34O1L12Y43G23E1N12E1T1I1C34
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from POLYGENETIC by length: 1 with 11 letters, 5 with 9, 21 with 8, 48 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2. None has 10 letters.
PYOGENIC tops the 8-letter words made with POLYGENETIC letters at 16 points; next come EPICOTYL and LIPOCYTE on 15. ELECTION, GENOTYPE and ELECTING will look familiar.
CLYPING, COPYING and GLYPTIC share the top score of 15 among the 7-letter words from POLYGENETIC. GENETIC, NEGLECT and POTENCY are the ones most people know.
8 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble POLYGENETIC tie at 13 points; none scores more. POLICY, POLICE and PLENTY will look familiar.
CLYPE, PONCY and TYPIC share the top score of 12 among the 5-letter words from POLYGENETIC. TOPIC, PIECE and LYING are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words in POLYGENETIC, COPY and PYIC tie for first at 11 points. ONLY, CITY and TYPE are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words made with POLYGENETIC letters, GYP leads with 9 points, then CLY and COY on 8. YET, EYE and PET are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of POLYGENETIC for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with PO · ending in IC · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PYOGENIC (16 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept POLYGENETIC, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLYGENETIC itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 342) | 258 | 341 | 234 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 84 of them: YCLEEPING, CLYPING, TELECOPY, CEYLONITE, ECTOGENY, PYCNITE, CLEEPING, ECTOPY, ETYPIC, PONCEY, CLYING, CLYPE and 72 more. Words With Friends* skips 24 of them: EPIGYNE, LINOTYPE, PLIOCENE, TELEGONIC, PLEONIC, PONGY, TOECLIP, YEETING, GLINTY, GYPO, PLOYE, GYNIE and 12 more. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: GOY.
This word takes every letter of POLYGENETIC plus a single extra one.