Words Containing YNGA

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

PHARYNGALS is worth 19 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are PHARYNGAL (18), SYNGAMY (16), SYNGAMIC (16).

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All Words Containing YNGA 11 words

How often does YNGA appear in words?

Our combined English word list has 11 words containing YNGA. Most are 9 letters long, they average 14.5 points, the best is PHARYNGALS (19 points) and 63.6% end in S.

Total words: 11
Most common length: 9 letters; 5 words
Average Scrabble score: 14.5; out of 19 max
Longest word: PHARYNGALS; 10 letters
Most common ending: S; 63.6% of words

Most common last letters

s 63.6%
l 18.2%
c 9.1%

Top vowel pairs

ie9.1%
ou9.1%

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 YNGA

p ₃h ₄a ₁r ₁y ₄n ₁g ₂a ₁l ₁s ₁

P 3 + H 4 + A 1 + R 1 + Y 4 + N 1 + G 2 + A 1 + L 1 + S 1 = 19 points

Double word: 38 pts
Triple word: 57 pts

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

pharyngals

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

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