Words Containing YNY

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

HYPOGYNY is worth 23 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are PHILOGYNY (21), POLYGYNY (20), PROTEROGYNY (20).

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All Words Containing YNY 17 words

How often does YNY appear in words?

Our combined English word list has 17 words containing YNY. Most are 8 letters long, they average 17.3 points, the best is HYPOGYNY (23 points) and 70.6% end in Y.

Total words: 17
Most common length: 8 letters; 8 words
Average Scrabble score: 17.3; out of 23 max
Longest word: PROTEROGYNY; 11 letters
Most common ending: Y; 70.6% of words

Most common last letters

y 70.6%
s 11.8%
a 5.9%

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Highest-scoring word containing YNY

h ₄y ₄p ₃o ₁g ₂y ₄n ₁y ₄

H 4 + Y 4 + P 3 + O 1 + G 2 + Y 4 + N 1 + Y 4 = 23 points

Double word: 46 pts
Triple word: 69 pts

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

hypogyny

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

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