AUXOTROPH is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. AUXOTROPH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AUXOTROPH?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AUXOTROPH is to know. It scores 21 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUXOTROPH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AUXOTROPH scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in AUXOTROPH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AUXOTROPH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AUXOTROPH mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A mutant microorganism that cannot make an essential nutrient and must be fed it to grow.
An auxotroph is useful in the laboratory because its single missing ability acts like a built-in marker. Scientists can tell an auxotroph from the normal strain simply by seeing which plates it refuses to grow on.
How AUXOTROPH is used
Used in genetics and microbiology, especially about bacteria and yeast.
- The auxotroph could not grow unless the medium contained the amino acid it lacked.
- Researchers isolated an auxotroph after exposing the culture to radiation.
- Each auxotroph in the collection depends on a different added nutrient.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUXOTROPH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AUXOTROPH
4 longer words begin with AUXOTROPH.
Shorter words from the letters in AUXOTROPH
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Common questions about AUXOTROPH
- Is AUXOTROPH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUXOTROPH, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUXOTROPH worth?
- AUXOTROPH is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUXOTROPH mean?
- A mutant microorganism that cannot make an essential nutrient and must be fed it to grow.
- What letters can be added to AUXOTROPH?
- AUXOTROPH takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of AUXOTROPH:
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