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POLYPHONE

9 letters, 19 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What POLYPHONE Means

  1. noun: a letter that has two or more pronunciations“‘c’ is a polyphone because it is pronounced like ‘k’ in ‘car’ but like ‘s’ in ‘cell’”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

POLYPHONE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 O1 L1 Y4 P3 H4 O1 N1 E1.

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.