Is POLYGENIC a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, POLYGENIC is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does POLYGENIC mean?
- adjective
of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
21
Words With Friends
9
Letters
P (3) + O (1) + L (1) + Y (4) + G (2) + E (1) + N (1) + I (1) + C (3) = 17 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for POLYGENIC
POLYGENIC has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from POLYGENIC
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- pyogenic16
- polyenic15
- copying15
- cloying13
- glycine13
- ploying13
- yelping13
- clypei13
- policy13
- cleping12
- clingy12
- coying12
- glycin12
- plying12
- pinocle11
- pleonic11
- coping11
- nicely11
- openly11
- poleyn11
- pogey11
- pongy11
- yogic11
- copy11
- pyic11
- eloping10
- pencil10
- police10
- coney10
- peony10
- piney10
- ploye10
- pylon10
- yince10
- yonic10
- gypo10
- pogy10
- coigne9
- epigon9
- epilog9
- locing9
- loping9
- pigeon9
- poling9
- copen9
- eying9
- gynie9
- lingy9
- lying9
- ponce9
- yogin9
- cloy9
- coly9
- cony9
- pily9
- piny9
- ploy9
- poly9
- pony9
- pyin9
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