ANDROGENESIS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ANDROGENESIS 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 ANDROGENESIS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANDROGENESIS is to know. It scores 14 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANDROGENESIS
No single letter turns ANDROGENESIS into another word.
How ANDROGENESIS scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in ANDROGENESIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANDROGENESIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANDROGENESIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Development of an embryo containing only the father's chromosomes.
Androgenesis is a rare form of reproduction in some insects, fish and plants, where the egg nucleus plays no part. Biologists compare it with gynogenesis, where only the mother's genes are used.
How ANDROGENESIS is used
A biology term used in genetics and reproduction research.
- Androgenesis has been observed in certain clam species.
- Researchers induced androgenesis in the plant cells.
- In androgenesis the offspring carry only paternal genes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANDROGENESIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ANDROGENESIS
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Common questions about ANDROGENESIS
- Is ANDROGENESIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANDROGENESIS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANDROGENESIS worth?
- ANDROGENESIS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANDROGENESIS mean?
- Development of an embryo containing only the father's chromosomes.
- What letters can be added to ANDROGENESIS?
- No single letter can be added to ANDROGENESIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of ANDROGENESIS:
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