POLYP is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. POLYP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POLYP?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POLYP is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POLYP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POLYP scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in POLYP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,176 thousand.
What stands out about POLYP
- POLYP begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does POLYP mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A small, usually harmless growth of tissue that projects from a mucous membrane.
A polyp typically forms inside the body, on surfaces such as the lining of the colon, the nose or the throat, and is often discovered during a medical examination rather than felt directly. Most polyps are benign, though doctors sometimes remove them as a precaution since a small number can develop into something more serious over time. The same word also names the tube-shaped body form of animals such as coral and sea anemones, a quite different but historically related use of the term.
How POLYP is used
Mainly a medical term for tissue growths, with a separate zoological use for the body form of certain marine animals.
- The doctor found a small polyp during the colonoscopy.
- A nasal polyp can make breathing through the nose difficult.
- They removed the polyp before it could cause further problems.
- Coral reefs are built up from countless tiny polyp skeletons.
- The scan showed no sign of a polyp this year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POLYP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POLYP
The 5 tiles of POLYP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with POLYP
Showing 24 of 86 words that begin with POLYP.
Words ending in POLYP
1 words end in POLYP. Useful as a back hook: play POLYP onto a word already on the board.
Words with POLYP inside
12 words contain POLYP in the middle. Words that start with POLYP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in POLYP
Common questions about POLYP
- Is POLYP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POLYP, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POLYP worth?
- POLYP is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POLYP mean?
- A small, usually harmless growth of tissue that projects from a mucous membrane.
- What letters can be added to POLYP?
- POLYP takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of POLYP:
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