99 words come out when you unscramble POLYPLOID, starting with POLYPLOID itself: 17 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34O1L12Y43P34L12O1I1D2
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from POLYPLOID by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 6 with 6, 14 with 5, 37 with 4, 24 with 3 and 14 with 2.
POLYPOID is the only one of the 8-letter words in POLYPLOID; it scores 16 points.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble POLYPLOID, PIPY leads with 11 points, then DOPY on 10 and PILY on 9. POOL, POLL and LOOP are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of POLYPLOID but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in ID · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; POLYPOID (16 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept POLYPLOID, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLYPLOID itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 99) | 83 | 99 | 72 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 16 of them: DOPPIO, POLLY, PIOY, YOOP, YOLD, DOY, DOP, LOY, DOOL, OLID, OOP, DOO and 4 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: DOPILY, LOOPILY, POOPY, POLYOL, OPPO, LIPO, LOID, POO, LILO, PO and OI.
These 3 words take every letter of POLYPLOID plus a single extra one.