ALLOGAMY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ALLOGAMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALLOGAMY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALLOGAMY is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALLOGAMY
No single letter turns ALLOGAMY into another word.
How ALLOGAMY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ALLOGAMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALLOGAMY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ALLOGAMY mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
Fertilisation of a flower by pollen from a different plant.
Allogamy mixes the genes of two parents and so keeps a population varied. Plants encourage it with colourful petals, scent and nectar that attract pollinators.
How ALLOGAMY is used
Used in botany and genetics, in contrast with self-fertilisation.
- Allogamy produces more varied offspring than selfing.
- Bees help allogamy by carrying pollen between plants.
- The orchid relies on allogamy to set seed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALLOGAMY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ALLOGAMY
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Common questions about ALLOGAMY
- Is ALLOGAMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALLOGAMY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALLOGAMY worth?
- ALLOGAMY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALLOGAMY mean?
- Fertilisation of a flower by pollen from a different plant.
- What letters can be added to ALLOGAMY?
- No single letter can be added to ALLOGAMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ALLOGAMY:
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