ANISOGAMOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ANISOGAMOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANISOGAMOUS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANISOGAMOUS is to know. It scores 14 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANISOGAMOUS
No single letter turns ANISOGAMOUS into another word.
How ANISOGAMOUS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ANISOGAMOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANISOGAMOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANISOGAMOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Reproducing by the union of two sex cells that differ in size or form.
Humans are anisogamous, since a small mobile sperm joins a much larger egg. Biologists contrast this with isogamous species, whose gametes look the same, such as some algae.
How ANISOGAMOUS is used
The adjective anisogamous belongs to biology and evolutionary theory.
- Most animals are anisogamous organisms.
- The anisogamous pattern of sperm and egg is hard to explain.
- Some algae are anisogamous and others are not.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANISOGAMOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ANISOGAMOUS
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Common questions about ANISOGAMOUS
- Is ANISOGAMOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANISOGAMOUS, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANISOGAMOUS worth?
- ANISOGAMOUS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANISOGAMOUS mean?
- Reproducing by the union of two sex cells that differ in size or form.
- What letters can be added to ANISOGAMOUS?
- No single letter can be added to ANISOGAMOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ANISOGAMOUS:
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