Unscramble XYLOGRAPHY and you have 179 words, XYLOGRAPHY itself among them: it scores 29 in Scrabble and 29 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, XYLOGRAPH leads with 25 points. 10 letters: 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
X8Y43L12O1G23R1A1P34H43Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from XYLOGRAPHY split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 5 with 6, 34 with 5, 58 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 8 or 7 letters.
XYLOGRAPH is the only one of the 9-letter words in XYLOGRAPHY; it scores 25 points.
The best of the 5-letter words from XYLOGRAPHY is HYRAX, 18 points; PHLOX and PROXY on 17 follow. ROYAL, GRAPH and GLORY are everyday picks.
POXY scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble XYLOGRAPHY at 16 points, ahead of HOAX and ORYX on 14. PLAY, GOAL and ORAL are the ones most people know.
PYX tops the 3-letter words made with XYLOGRAPHY letters at 15 points; next come HOX and OXY on 13. GAY, PAY and PRO will look familiar.
Keep every letter of XYLOGRAPHY but one, change that one, and you get:
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XYLOGRAPHY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
XYLOGRAPHY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| XYLOGRAPHY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 179) | 155 | 177 | 141 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: XRAY, HOX, PYGAL, PARLY, PYRAL, GOARY, PORY, RHY, YORP, GYAL, GAPO, GOLP and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PYROHY, POXY, PYROGY, GYPO, PYRO, ARGH, PHO, YAG, LAH, AGRO, APO, OPA and 1 more, 13 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: GOY. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LARP.