Words Containing PYO

Q: What is the highest-scoring word containing PYO?

HYPOPYONS is worth 22 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are HYPOPYON (21), PYORRHOEIC (20), PYODERMIC (19).

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All Words Containing PYO 26 words

How often does PYO appear in words?

Our combined English word list has 26 words containing PYO. Most are 9 letters long, they average 15.5 points, the best is HYPOPYONS (22 points) and 50% end in S.

Total words: 26
Most common length: 9 letters; 8 words
Average Scrabble score: 15.5; out of 22 max
Longest word: AEPYORNISES; 11 letters
Most common ending: S; 50% of words

Most common last letters

s 50%
c 15.4%
a 11.5%

Top vowel pairs

ea23.1%
oe15.4%
ae7.7%

Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.

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Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.

Highest-scoring word containing PYO

h ₄y ₄p ₃o ₁p ₃y ₄o ₁n ₁s ₁

H 4 + Y 4 + P 3 + O 1 + P 3 + Y 4 + O 1 + N 1 + S 1 = 22 points

Double word: 44 pts
Triple word: 66 pts

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

hypopyons

No dictionary definition on file. This is a valid game word that standard dictionaries rarely cover.

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