ALLOTYPY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ALLOTYPY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALLOTYPY?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALLOTYPY is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALLOTYPY
No single letter turns ALLOTYPY into another word.
How ALLOTYPY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ALLOTYPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALLOTYPY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ALLOTYPY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The occurrence of different genetic forms of the same protein among members of one species.
Allotypy is studied in immunology, where antibodies from one individual may be recognised as foreign by another of the same species. Researchers use it to trace inherited variation in blood proteins.
How ALLOTYPY is used
Allotypy is a specialist term in immunology and genetics.
- Allotypy explains why some antibodies differ between people.
- The paper reviews allotypy in rabbits.
- Students met allotypy in the immunology course.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALLOTYPY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ALLOTYPY
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Common questions about ALLOTYPY
- Is ALLOTYPY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALLOTYPY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALLOTYPY worth?
- ALLOTYPY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALLOTYPY mean?
- The occurrence of different genetic forms of the same protein among members of one species.
- What letters can be added to ALLOTYPY?
- No single letter can be added to ALLOTYPY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ALLOTYPY:
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