ALLOPATRY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ALLOPATRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALLOPATRY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALLOPATRY is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALLOPATRY
No single letter turns ALLOPATRY into another word.
How ALLOPATRY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ALLOPATRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALLOPATRY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ALLOPATRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The occurrence of related species or populations in separate geographic areas.
Allopatry often drives the formation of new species, because groups kept apart by mountains or water slowly diverge. Biologists contrast it with sympatry, where related species share the same range.
How ALLOPATRY is used
A term used in evolutionary biology and ecology.
- Allopatry separated the two island populations.
- Speciation by allopatry is well documented in birds.
- The scientists studied allopatry among the mountain lizards.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALLOPATRY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ALLOPATRY
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Common questions about ALLOPATRY
- Is ALLOPATRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALLOPATRY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALLOPATRY worth?
- ALLOPATRY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALLOPATRY mean?
- The occurrence of related species or populations in separate geographic areas.
- What letters can be added to ALLOPATRY?
- No single letter can be added to ALLOPATRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ALLOPATRY:
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