What POLYPES Means
POLYPES is a form of POLYP, which means:
- noun: a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
- noun: one of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral): usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth“in some species of coelenterate, polyps are a phase in the life cycle that alternates with a medusoid phase”
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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
POLYPES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 O1 L1 Y4 P3 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 64 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In POLYPES
111 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (5)
5 letter words (25)
ELOPSLOPESLOPPYOLPESPEPOSPLOPSPLOYSPOEPSPOESYPOLESPOLEYPOLYPPOLYSPOPESPOPSYPOSEYPOYSEPSYOPSEPOYSLOPESLOPYSLYPESOPPYSOYLEYELPS
4 letter words (36)
EPOSESPYLEPSLEYSLOPELOPSLOSELOYSLYESLYSEOLESOLPEOPESOYESPELSPEPOPEPSPESOPLOPPLOYPOEPPOLEPOLSPOLYPOPEPOPSPOSEPOSYPYESSLEYSLOESLOPSOLESYPEYELPYEPS
3 letter words (33)
2 letter words (12)
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