Unscramble POLYPHAGY and you have 107 words, POLYPHAGY itself among them: it scores 23 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
P34O1L12Y43P34H43A1G23Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from POLYPHAGY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 6, 16 with 5, 30 with 4, 43 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 8 or 7 letters.
Just 1 of the 6-letter words in POLYPHAGY: GLOPPY, for 14 points.
HYP tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble POLYPHAGY at 11 points; next come GYP and HAY on 9. GAY, PAY and LOG will look familiar.
Trade one tile of POLYPHAGY for another and you can spell this word:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in GY · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HAPPY, HOPPY and YAPPY (15 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept POLYPHAGY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLYPHAGY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 107) | 96 | 105 | 86 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
11 of the 107 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GYPPY, PYGAL, YAPP, GYAL, PLAP, GAPO, GOLP, YGO, HOA, LOY and POA. 9 of the 107 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: YAPPY, GYPO, PHO, APP, YAG, LAH, APO, OPA and PO. 1 of the 107 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: GYPPO. 1 of the 107 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: GOY.
With one more tile, the letters of POLYPHAGY spell the words below.