POLYGYNE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. POLYGYNE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POLYGYNE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POLYGYNE is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POLYGYNE
No single letter turns POLYGYNE into another word.
How POLYGYNE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in POLYGYNE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POLYGYNE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does POLYGYNE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoologytechnical
Describing an insect colony that has more than one egg-laying queen.
Some ant species are polygyne, with many queens sharing a single nest. Such colonies can grow very large and tolerate others more easily than single-queen ones.
How POLYGYNE is used
Technical term in entomology.
- The polygyne colony contained dozens of queens.
- Fire ants may be polygyne or monogyne.
- A polygyne nest is harder to destroy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POLYGYNE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POLYGYNE
The 8 tiles of POLYGYNE in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in POLYGYNE
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Common questions about POLYGYNE
- Is POLYGYNE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POLYGYNE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POLYGYNE worth?
- POLYGYNE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POLYGYNE mean?
- Describing an insect colony that has more than one egg-laying queen.
- What letters can be added to POLYGYNE?
- No single letter can be added to POLYGYNE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of POLYGYNE:
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