ANAGENESIS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ANAGENESIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANAGENESIS?
| 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 ANAGENESIS is to know. It scores 11 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANAGENESIS
No single letter turns ANAGENESIS into another word.
How ANAGENESIS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ANAGENESIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANAGENESIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANAGENESIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalzoology
Evolutionary change within a single lineage over time, without the line splitting into new branches.
In anagenesis one ancestral form gradually turns into a different descendant form. It contrasts with cladogenesis, where a lineage divides. Biologists debate how often anagenesis really occurs compared with branching.
How ANAGENESIS is used
The noun anagenesis is used in evolutionary biology and palaeontology.
- The fossil record suggests anagenesis in this line of horses.
- Anagenesis can change a species without ever creating a second one.
- The paper contrasts anagenesis with branching evolution.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANAGENESIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ANAGENESIS
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Common questions about ANAGENESIS
- Is ANAGENESIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANAGENESIS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANAGENESIS worth?
- ANAGENESIS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANAGENESIS mean?
- Evolutionary change within a single lineage over time, without the line splitting into new branches.
- What letters can be added to ANAGENESIS?
- No single letter can be added to ANAGENESIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ANAGENESIS:
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