Unscramble PYKNOSES and you have 188 words, PYKNOSES itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. POKEYS is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34Y43K5N12O1S1E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PYKNOSES split into 1 with 8 letters, 12 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 7 letters.
KYPES, PESKY and POKEY are the top 5-letter words made with PYKNOSES letters, 14 points each. OPENS, SPOKE and POSES will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PYKNOSES, KYPE and POKY tie for first at 13 points. OPEN, KEYS and PENS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PYKNOSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PY · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
PYKNOSES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PYKNOSES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PYKNOSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 188) | 125 | 188 | 116 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 63 of them: KYPES, KYPE, YESKS, ESKY, KYNE, PENKS, PONEYS, PONKS, POYSES, SPEKS, YESK, PENK and 51 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: YONKS, KYES, KYE, POSEY, YEPS, OK, SEPS, POS and PO.