In the box below, enter a string containing 8 unique letters and click solve it.

To indicate a specific letter that must appear in every result, please enter that letter in uppercase. If more than one letter is uppercased, all uppercase letters will be ignored.

You can enter a string longer than 8 letters as long as it contains exactly 8 unique letters. Spaces and other non-alphabetic characters will be ignored.

Alternately, just click latest above for hints to achieving “Our Score” in the current Tylogram. Click greatest for hints to the comprehensive solution. Set the checkboxes below and click solve it again to suit your desired level of hints.


 
hide letter distributions
hide solution set
show 2-letter tally
show compound distribution
show expanded matches
show optimal grid
disable word links

Y I O R S T U V
Tylogram for May 10, 2022

words: 35
best score: 846 pts
pangrams: 1
bingo: yes

I x 3
O x 1
R x 5
S x 5
T x 14
U x 1
V x 1
Y x 5

4L x 11
5L x 12
6L x 5
7L x 1
8L x 3
9L x 1
10L x 2

  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tot
I 2 1 - - - - - 3
O - - - - 1 - - 1
R 1 3 1 - - - - 5
S 1 3 - - 1 - - 5
T 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 14
U - 1 - - - - - 1
V - - - - - - 1 1
Y 3 2 - - - - - 5
tot 11 12 5 1 3 1 2 35

VIRTUOSITY

word length
TORTUOSITY       10      
VIRTUOSITY       10       pangram
TOURISTRY       9      
OTIOSITY       8      
SORORITY       8      
TOURISTY       8      
TRYOUTS       7      
ROOTSY       6      
TOOTSY       6      
TRUSTY       6      
TRYOUT       6      
TRYSTS       6      
IVORY       5      
ROOTY       5      
RUSTY       5      
RUTTY       5      
SOOTY       5      
SORRY       5      
STORY       5      
TRYST       5      
TYROS       5      
USURY       5      
YOURS       5      
YURTS       5      
ITSY       4      
ITTY       4      
ROSY       4      
SOYS       4      
TORY       4      
TOYS       4      
TROY       4      
TYRO       4      
YOUR       4      
YOUS       4      
YURT       4      

Also by William Shunn

Cast a Cold Eye: A Novella by Derryl Murphy & William Shunn