ALLELIC is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ALLELIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALLELIC?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALLELIC is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALLELIC
No single letter turns ALLELIC into another word.
How ALLELIC scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ALLELIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 3 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,059 thousand.
What does ALLELIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to alleles, the alternative forms of a gene found at the same position on a chromosome.
Geneticists speak of allelic variation when different versions of one gene produce different traits. The adjective appears in studies of inheritance and disease risk.
How ALLELIC is used
Allelic is used in genetics, often in phrases such as allelic variant.
- The allelic variant raises the risk of the disorder.
- Researchers mapped allelic differences across the population.
- An allelic pair determines the flower colour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALLELIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ALLELIC
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Common questions about ALLELIC
- Is ALLELIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALLELIC, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALLELIC worth?
- ALLELIC is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALLELIC mean?
- Relating to alleles, the alternative forms of a gene found at the same position on a chromosome.
- What letters can be added to ALLELIC?
- No single letter can be added to ALLELIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ALLELIC:
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