Words Containing YPOU

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

POLYPOUS is worth 15 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are COYPOUS (14), COYPOU (13).

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All Words Containing YPOU 3 words

How often does YPOU appear in words?

Our combined English word list has 3 words containing YPOU. Most are 6 letters long, they average 14 points and the best is POLYPOUS (15 points).

Total words: 3
Most common length: 6 letters; 1 words
Average Scrabble score: 14; out of 15 max
Longest word: POLYPOUS; 8 letters
Most common ending: S; 66.7% of words

Most common last letters

s 66.7%
u 33.3%

Top vowel pairs

ou100%

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 YPOU

p ₃o ₁l ₁y ₄p ₃o ₁u ₁s ₁

P 3 + O 1 + L 1 + Y 4 + P 3 + O 1 + U 1 + S 1 = 15 points

Double word: 30 pts
Triple word: 45 pts

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

polypous

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

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