Unscramble PYGMAEAN and you have 143 words, PYGMAEAN itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. PANGAMY and PYGMEAN are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
P34Y43G23M34A1E1A1N12
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PYGMAEAN by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 4 with 6, 16 with 5, 46 with 4, 55 with 3 and 19 with 2.
GYMP scores highest among the 4-letter words from PYGMAEAN at 12 points, ahead of YMPE on 11 and GAMY on 10. PAGE, NAME and MANY are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PYGMAEAN, GYM and GYP tie for first at 9 points. MAY, ANY and MAP are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of PYGMAEAN for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with PY · ending in AN · all 8-letter words
PYGMAEAN first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PYGMAEAN is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PYGMAEAN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 143) | 117 | 143 | 106 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
26 of the 143 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PANGAMY, GYMP, YMPE, AGNAME, APAY, GEYAN, GYNAE, PYNE, APAGE, GYAN, NYM, EGMA and 14 more. 11 of the 143 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: APEMAN, MANGA, YAGE, MEGA, YAG, MEG, NAPA, PAAN, GEAN, NAGA and NEG.