6-Letter Words Starting With POLY
- 4 words
- All English dictionaries
- Scrabble points
Popular 6-Letter Words Starting With POLY
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 6-Letter Words Starting With POLY 4 words
How common is POLY at the start of six-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 4 six-letter words that start with POLY. They average 12.5 points and the best is POLYPS (13 points).
- Total words
- 4
- Average Scrabble score
- 12.5
- out of 13 max
- Everyday words
- 25%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common ending
- E
- 25% of words
Most common last letters
- e 25%
- i 25%
- l 25%
Rare words worth knowing
Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.
Highest-scoring six-letter word that starts with POLY
p 3o 1l 1y 4p 3s 1
P 3 + O 1 + L 1 + Y 4 + P 3 + S 1 = 13 points
- Double word
- 26 pts
- Triple word
- 39 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
polyps
Form of polyp
- nouna small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
- 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 six-letter words that start with POLY are there?
There are 4 six-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 six-letter word that starts with POLY?
POLYPS is worth 13 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are POLYPE (13), POLYPI (13), POLYOL (11).
Which rare six-letter words that start with POLY score well?
Uncommon but valid choices include POLYPE (13), POLYPI (13), POLYOL (11). Few players know them, so they can catch an opponent off guard.