ANDROGENETIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ANDROGENETIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANDROGENETIC?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANDROGENETIC is to know. It scores 16 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANDROGENETIC
No single letter turns ANDROGENETIC into another word.
How ANDROGENETIC scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in ANDROGENETIC, 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 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANDROGENETIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANDROGENETIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to androgenesis, the development of an embryo that carries only paternal chromosomes.
Androgenetic describes embryos or organisms whose genes come entirely from the father, because the egg contributed nothing to the nucleus. Researchers study androgenetic development in fish and plants to learn how inheritance works.
How ANDROGENETIC is used
Androgenetic is a technical term in genetics and developmental biology.
- The androgenetic embryo contained chromosomes from the sperm alone.
- Scientists produced androgenetic fish to study paternal inheritance.
- An androgenetic origin explains why the offspring lacked maternal traits.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANDROGENETIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ANDROGENETIC
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Common questions about ANDROGENETIC
- Is ANDROGENETIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANDROGENETIC, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANDROGENETIC worth?
- ANDROGENETIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANDROGENETIC mean?
- Relating to androgenesis, the development of an embryo that carries only paternal chromosomes.
- What letters can be added to ANDROGENETIC?
- No single letter can be added to ANDROGENETIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of ANDROGENETIC:
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