ANEUPLOID is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ANEUPLOID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANEUPLOID?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANEUPLOID is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANEUPLOID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANEUPLOID scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ANEUPLOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANEUPLOID has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ANEUPLOID
- All 9 letters of ANEUPLOID are different — nothing repeats.
- ANEUPLOID contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ANEUPLOID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Of a cell or organism, carrying one or more extra or missing chromosomes, as in Down syndrome.
An aneuploid cell is missing a chromosome or carries an extra one, as happens in Down syndrome. Many cancer cells are aneuploid, which makes the word common in genetics and tumour research.
How ANEUPLOID is used
Used of cells, embryos and organisms, and also as a noun for such an individual.
- The lab found that the tumour cells were aneuploid.
- An aneuploid embryo often fails to develop past the early stages.
- Doctors tested the sample to see whether the fetal cells were aneuploid.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANEUPLOID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANEUPLOID
3 longer words begin with ANEUPLOID.
Shorter words from the letters in ANEUPLOID
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Common questions about ANEUPLOID
- Is ANEUPLOID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANEUPLOID, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANEUPLOID worth?
- ANEUPLOID is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANEUPLOID mean?
- Of a cell or organism, carrying one or more extra or missing chromosomes, as in Down syndrome.
- What letters can be added to ANEUPLOID?
- ANEUPLOID takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ANEUPLOID:
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