Unscramble POLYGRAPH and you have 183 words, POLYGRAPH itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
P34O1L12Y43G23R1A1P34H43
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from POLYGRAPH by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 5 with 6, 38 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 8 letters.
PROPYLA is the only one of the 7-letter words in POLYGRAPH; it scores 14 points.
HAPPY and HOPPY are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble POLYGRAPH, 15 points each. APPLY, ROYAL and GRAPH will look familiar.
HYPO scores highest among the 4-letter words from POLYGRAPH at 12 points, ahead of YAPP and YOGH on 11. PLAY, GOAL and ORAL are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words in POLYGRAPH is HYP, 11 points; GYP and HAY on 9 follow. GAY, PAY and LOG are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of POLYGRAPH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in PH · all 9-letter words
What POLYGRAPH means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept POLYGRAPH, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLYGRAPH itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 183) | 157 | 180 | 141 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
26 of the 183 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PYGAL, YAPP, PARLY, PYRAL, APPRO, GOARY, PORY, RHY, YORP, GYAL, PARP, PLAP and 14 more. 14 of the 183 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GYPO, PYRO, ARGH, PHO, APP, YAG, LAH, AGRO, APO, OPA, ORG, PO and 2 more. 2 of the 183 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: GYPPO and LARP. 1 of the 183 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: GOY.
These 3 words take every letter of POLYGRAPH plus a single extra one.