ASCOMYCETE is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. ASCOMYCETE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ASCOMYCETE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ASCOMYCETE is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASCOMYCETE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ascomycetesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ASCOMYCETE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ASCOMYCETE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ASCOMYCETE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ASCOMYCETE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A fungus whose spores form inside tiny sac-like cells called asci.
Yeasts, morels, truffles and many moulds are all ascomycetes, a huge group that also supplies the fungal partner of most lichens. Spotting the sacs under a microscope is how mycologists place a species here.
How ASCOMYCETE is used
Used in mycology for any member of the large sac-fungus group.
- Baker's yeast is a single-celled ascomycete.
- The mould on the bread proved to be an ascomycete.
- Each ascomycete produces spores inside a microscopic sac.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASCOMYCETE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ASCOMYCETE
1 longer words begin with ASCOMYCETE.
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Common questions about ASCOMYCETE
- Is ASCOMYCETE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASCOMYCETE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASCOMYCETE worth?
- ASCOMYCETE is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASCOMYCETE mean?
- A fungus whose spores form inside tiny sac-like cells called asci.
- What letters can be added to ASCOMYCETE?
- ASCOMYCETE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ASCOMYCETE:
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