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5-Letter Words Starting With POLY

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Popular 5-Letter Words Starting With POLY

The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.

All 5-Letter Words Starting With POLY 2 words

How common is POLY at the start of five-letter words?

Our combined English word list has 2 five-letter words that start with POLY. They average 11 points and the best is POLYP (12 points).

Total words
2
Average Scrabble score
11
out of 12 max
Everyday words
50%
common in ordinary English
Most common ending
P
50% of words

Most common last letters

  • p 50%
  • s 50%

Highest-scoring five-letter word that starts with POLY

p 3o 1l 1y 4p 3

P 3 + O 1 + L 1 + Y 4 + P 3 = 12 points

Double word
24 pts
Triple word
36 pts

Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).

polyp

  1. nouna small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
  2. nounone 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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How many five-letter words that start with POLY are there?

There are 2 five-letter words that start with POLY in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.

What is the highest-scoring five-letter word that starts with POLY?

POLYP is worth 12 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are POLYS (10).