BIOASSAY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BIOASSAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIOASSAY?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIOASSAY is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIOASSAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bioassaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BIOASSAY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BIOASSAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BIOASSAY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BIOASSAY
- BIOASSAY runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BIOASSAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A test that measures how strong a substance is by observing its effect on living cells or organisms.
Scientists rely on a bioassay when no chemical method can show how active a drug or toxin is. Results are compared with a standard, so the bioassay gives a relative measure rather than a direct chemical count.
How BIOASSAY is used
Bioassay is used in pharmacology, toxicology and environmental science, and it can also serve as a verb.
- The laboratory ran a bioassay on the water sample.
- A bioassay with fish showed that the effluent was toxic.
- Each batch of the vaccine goes through a bioassay.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIOASSAY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BIOASSAY
3 longer words begin with BIOASSAY.
Shorter words from the letters in BIOASSAY
Showing 40 of 106. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about BIOASSAY
- Is BIOASSAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIOASSAY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIOASSAY worth?
- BIOASSAY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIOASSAY mean?
- A test that measures how strong a substance is by observing its effect on living cells or organisms.
- What letters can be added to BIOASSAY?
- BIOASSAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BIOASSAY:
Open BIOASSAY in the Word Finder