BIPARENTAL is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BIPARENTAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIPARENTAL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIPARENTAL is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIPARENTAL
No single letter turns BIPARENTAL into another word.
How BIPARENTAL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in BIPARENTAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BIPARENTAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BIPARENTAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Coming from, or involving, both a mother and a father.
Biologists use biparental to contrast with uniparental reproduction, where only one parent contributes. In genetics the word often describes inheritance, care of offspring, or the origin of chromosomes.
How BIPARENTAL is used
Biparental appears mostly in biology and genetics writing, in phrases such as biparental inheritance.
- Biparental inheritance means each offspring receives genes from both parents.
- The study compared biparental care with care by the mother alone.
- In many fish species, biparental guarding of the eggs improves survival.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIPARENTAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BIPARENTAL
1 longer words begin with BIPARENTAL.
Shorter words from the letters in BIPARENTAL
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Common questions about BIPARENTAL
- Is BIPARENTAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIPARENTAL, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIPARENTAL worth?
- BIPARENTAL is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIPARENTAL mean?
- Coming from, or involving, both a mother and a father.
- What letters can be added to BIPARENTAL?
- No single letter can be added to BIPARENTAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of BIPARENTAL:
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