Unscramble TYLECTOMY and you have 118 words, TYLECTOMY itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
T1Y43L12E1C34T1O1M34Y43
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from TYLECTOMY split into 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 6, 23 with 5, 36 with 4, 38 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 8 or 7 letters.
The best of the 5-letter words in TYLECTOMY is COYLY, 13 points; CYMOL on 12 and CETYL on 10 follow. MOTEL, COMET and OCTET are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words from TYLECTOMY, CYME leads with 11 points, then CLOY and COLY on 9. COME, COLE and TOME are the familiar ones.
MYC tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble TYLECTOMY at 10 points; next come CLY and COY on 8. LET, YET and LOT will look familiar.
Trade one tile of TYLECTOMY for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with TY · ending in MY · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with COMELY and COYLY (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
TYLECTOMY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TYLECTOMY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 118) | 85 | 118 | 75 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TYLECTOMY, COTYLE, CETYL, CLOYE, COLEY, MOTTY, MOYLE, YMOLT, CYTE, LYME, MOYL, TYLOTE and 21 more, 33 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MELTY, MYC, METOL, TELCO, ECO, EMO, LOC, TEC, TOLT and TE, 10 in all.