Unscramble POLYGYNOUS to get 228 words. POLYGYNOUS itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. POLYGONY is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from POLYGYNOUS split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 5 with 7, 20 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 9 letters.
GYPSY scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble POLYGYNOUS at 14 points, ahead of GOOPY and GULPY on 11. YOUNG, LOGOS and POOLS are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble POLYGYNOUS, GYNY leads with 11 points, then GYPO and GYPS on 10. ONLY, PLUS and POOL are the familiar ones.
GYP tops the 3-letter words from POLYGYNOUS at 9 points; next come PLY and PUY on 8. LOG, GUY and UPS will look familiar.
These 3 words have the length of POLYGYNOUS, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with PO · ending in US · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with POLYGONY (17 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept POLYGYNOUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLYGYNOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 228) | 163 | 224 | 138 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: YOUNGLY, GYNY, POLONY, POYSON, SLOPY, YOOPS, GONYS, NOYOUS, PLONGS, PULY, PUYS, UPSY and 51 more, 63 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GLOOPY, GYPOS, PONGY, GYPO, GLOOPS, GOOLY, GYNOS, PONGOS, UNSPOOL, GLOOP, GYNO, POGOS and 13 more, 25 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: YOYOS and YOYO, 2 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: GOYS and GOY, 2 in all.