Unscramble POLYGENISTS to get 377 words. POLYGENISTS itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
P34O1L12Y43G23E1N12I1S1T1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from POLYGENISTS split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 8 with 9, 35 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2.
POLYGENIST is the only one of the 10-letter words in POLYGENISTS; it scores 16 points.
5 of 35 8-letter words you get when you unscramble POLYGENISTS tie at 14 points; none scores more. POSTINGS will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words from POLYGENISTS, 11 score 13 points, the group's best. POSTING, STYLING and GOSPELS are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words made with POLYGENISTS letters; 10 of them share the top score of 12. PLENTY, GOSPEL and TYPING are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble POLYGENISTS, 5 score 11 points, the group's best. TYPES, LYING and TYING are the ones most people know.
GYPO, GYPS and POGY are the top 4-letter words from POLYGENISTS, 10 points each. ONLY, TYPE and PING will look familiar.
GYP scores highest among the 3-letter words in POLYGENISTS at 9 points, ahead of PLY and PYE on 8. YES, YET and PET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of POLYGENISTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with PO · ending in TS · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with LINOTYPES, PIGSNEYS, POSINGLY, SPINOSELY and SPONGILY (14 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
POLYGENISTS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLYGENISTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 377) | 261 | 375 | 231 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POLYGENISTS, POLYGENIST, GOSSYPINE, POESYING, STYLOPISE, YELPINGS, GILPEYS, PEYSING, POYSING, SPYINGS, STYLOPES, YPSILONS and 104 more, 116 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LINOTYPES, SPINOSELY, LINOTYPE, TYPINGS, STYLOPS, GYPOS, PLOYES, PONGIEST, PONGY, STOPINGS, GLINTY, GYNIES and 18 more, 30 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: GOYS and GOY, 2 in all.