Hidden inside polya sit paly, play, ploy and 1 other, four-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 9 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 27 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
paly, play, ploy and 6 others tie for the highest Scrabble score from polya at 9 points. The top 10 of 27 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Rearranging the letters in polya produces 5 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with play. For points, the strongest plays are paly, play, ploy, and poly — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling polya turns up 12 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with lap, lay, pal, and pay. For points, the strongest plays are pay, ply, pya, and yap — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 10 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in polya. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ay, oy, and yo. For points, the strongest plays are ay, oy, ya, and yo — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are paly, play, ploy, and poly, worth 9 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from polya earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in polya produce 27 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 5 four-letter words, 12 three-letter words and 10 two-letter words.