APOGAMY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. APOGAMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept APOGAMY?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APOGAMY is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APOGAMY
No single letter turns APOGAMY into another word.
How APOGAMY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in APOGAMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,316 thousand.
What does APOGAMY mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
In plants, the development of an embryo without fertilisation, as when a fern sporophyte grows straight from the gametophyte.
Apogamy is a type of asexual reproduction seen in some ferns. The new plant forms from ordinary tissue instead of from a fertilised egg. Botanists contrast it with the normal sexual cycle.
How APOGAMY is used
Apogamy is a specialist botanical term.
- Apogamy lets certain ferns reproduce without fertilisation.
- The study recorded apogamy in the cultivated fern.
- A lecture on apogamy followed the sexual life cycle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APOGAMY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in APOGAMY
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Common questions about APOGAMY
- Is APOGAMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APOGAMY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APOGAMY worth?
- APOGAMY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APOGAMY mean?
- In plants, the development of an embryo without fertilisation, as when a fern sporophyte grows straight from the gametophyte.
- What letters can be added to APOGAMY?
- No single letter can be added to APOGAMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of APOGAMY:
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