AUTOGENY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. AUTOGENY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AUTOGENY?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AUTOGENY is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUTOGENY
No single letter turns AUTOGENY into another word.
How AUTOGENY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in AUTOGENY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AUTOGENY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about AUTOGENY
- All 8 letters of AUTOGENY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AUTOGENY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalrare
The hypothetical origin of living things from non-living matter; also the ability of an insect to lay eggs without a blood meal.
Autogeny appears in two quite different fields. Early biologists used it for spontaneous generation, the idea that life arises on its own. Entomologists use it for mosquitoes that can produce eggs without feeding on blood first.
How AUTOGENY is used
Autogeny is a rare scientific word whose meaning depends on the field.
- Old theories of autogeny held that life could spring from mud.
- Some mosquito species display autogeny in their first batch of eggs.
- The paper reviewed autogeny in blood-feeding insects.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUTOGENY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AUTOGENY
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Common questions about AUTOGENY
- Is AUTOGENY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUTOGENY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUTOGENY worth?
- AUTOGENY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUTOGENY mean?
- The hypothetical origin of living things from non-living matter; also the ability of an insect to lay eggs without a blood meal.
- What letters can be added to AUTOGENY?
- No single letter can be added to AUTOGENY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of AUTOGENY:
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