Unscramble POMPHOLYX and you have 90 words, POMPHOLYX itself among them: it scores 28 in Scrabble and 30 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PHLOX leads with 17 points. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
P34O1M34P34H43O1L12Y43X8
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from POMPHOLYX by length: 1 with 9 letters, 11 with 5, 31 with 4, 34 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8, 7 or 6 letters.
Keep every letter of POMPHOLYX but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in X · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PHLOX (17 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
POMPHOLYX is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POMPHOLYX itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 90) | 76 | 90 | 62 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 14 of them: POMPHOLYX, MYXO, HOX, MOOLY, MOYL, YOOP, LYM, MOOP, MOY, LOY, OLM, OOM and 2 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: POXY, MPOX, MOPPY, POOPY, YOMP, MOHO, HOM, OPPO, PHO, POMO, HOLO, HOO and 2 more.