243 words come out when you unscramble POLYPHASE, starting with POLYPHASE itself: 19 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from POLYPHASE split into 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 30 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2. None has 8 letters.
The best of the 6-letter words in POLYPHASE is SHOPPY, 16 points; PHYLAE and PLASHY on 14 follow. APPLES and SLOPPY are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble POLYPHASE are led by HAPPY and HOPPY, 15 points each. APPLY, APPLE and PHASE are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words from POLYPHASE; 4 of them share the top score of 12. HELP, SHOP and PLAY are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words in POLYPHASE, HYP leads with 11 points, then HAY and HEY on 9. HAS, YES and SAY are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of POLYPHASE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in SE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SHLEPPY (17 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
POLYPHASE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLYPHASE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 243) | 201 | 242 | 176 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
42 of the 243 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPYHOLE, POLYPES, APEPSY, POLYPE, HAYLES, HAYSEL, PASPY, PSYOP, YAPPS, HAYLE, HYLES, PHOLAS and 30 more. 25 of the 243 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SHLEPPY, SHOPPY, APPLEY, HEAPY, HOSEY, PLOYES, YEAHS, PHEOS, PLOYE, POSEY, HEPS, PHEO and 13 more. 1 of the 243 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: HAOLES.
These 2 words take every letter of POLYPHASE plus a single extra one.