APOMICTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. APOMICTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept APOMICTIC?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APOMICTIC is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APOMICTIC
No single letter turns APOMICTIC into another word.
How APOMICTIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in APOMICTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so APOMICTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does APOMICTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Relating to reproduction without fertilisation, especially in plants.
Dandelions are a classic apomictic plant, making seeds that need no pollen. The offspring of an apomictic parent are genetic copies of it.
How APOMICTIC is used
Apomictic is used in botany and genetics, often before species or seed.
- The apomictic species produces seeds without pollination.
- Many hawkweeds are apomictic.
- An apomictic lineage keeps its genes unchanged.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APOMICTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with APOMICTIC
2 longer words begin with APOMICTIC.
Shorter words from the letters in APOMICTIC
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Common questions about APOMICTIC
- Is APOMICTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APOMICTIC, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APOMICTIC worth?
- APOMICTIC is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APOMICTIC mean?
- Relating to reproduction without fertilisation, especially in plants.
- What letters can be added to APOMICTIC?
- No single letter can be added to APOMICTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of APOMICTIC:
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