Unscramble POLYSTYLES to get 234 words. POLYSTYLES itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is POLYSTYLE, 17 points. It has 10 letters, 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from POLYSTYLES split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 10 with 7, 32 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 16 with 2.
POLYSTYLE is the only one of the 9-letter words in POLYSTYLES; it scores 17 points.
Of the 32 6-letter words from POLYSTYLES, 8 score 11 points, the group's best. STYLES, SOLELY and SPELLS are the ones most people know.
TYPEY tops the 5-letter words made with POLYSTYLES letters at 13 points; next come SLYLY and YESTY on 11. POSTS, STYLE and TYPES will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble POLYSTYLES is TYPY, 12 points; ESPY and PLOY on 9 follow. POST, TYPE and TOYS are everyday picks.
4 of 51 3-letter words from POLYSTYLES tie at 8 points; none scores more. TOP, SET and YES will look familiar.
Keep every letter of POLYSTYLES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PO · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; TYPEY (13 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: POLYSTYLES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLYSTYLES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 234) | 161 | 234 | 149 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
73 of the 234 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POLYSTYLES, POLYSTYLE, LYOLYSES, STYLOPES, SYSTYLE, POLEYS, POYSES, YESTY, POLEY, POLLY, POYSE, PYETS and 61 more. 12 of the 234 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: STYLOPS, PLOYES, PLOYE, POSEY, YEPS, SEPS, POS, PST, PO, EST, TES and TE.