Unscramble POLYPHONIC and you have 193 words, POLYPHONIC itself among them: it scores 22 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. CHOPPILY is the best of the shorter words, at 20 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from POLYPHONIC split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 3 with 7, 17 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 9 letters.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble POLYPHONIC are led by HIPPY and HOPPY, 15 points each. COLON, LYNCH and PINCH are the familiar ones.
HYPO and LYCH share the top score of 12 among the 4-letter words in POLYPHONIC. ONLY, COPY and COOL are the ones most people know.
HYP tops the 3-letter words made with POLYPHONIC letters at 11 points; next come HOY on 9 and CHI on 8. OIL, POP and PIC will look familiar.
These 4 words have the length of POLYPHONIC, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with PO · ending in IC · all 10-letter words
What POLYPHONIC means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept POLYPHONIC, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLYPHONIC itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 193) | 161 | 191 | 144 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
32 of the 193 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POLYPHON, COPPY, HYLIC, COPPIN, HOLONIC, PILCH, PONCY, INHOOP, POLONY, CHOON, COINOP, LINCH and 20 more. 17 of the 193 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HIPLY, LYCH, POOPY, CHOIL, CHOLI, COPI, OCH, OPPO, PHO, HOLO, HOO, LIPO and 5 more. 2 of the 193 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: CHOLO and COOLY.