CENTIMORGAN is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CENTIMORGAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CENTIMORGAN?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CENTIMORGAN is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CENTIMORGAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
centimorgansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CENTIMORGAN scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CENTIMORGAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CENTIMORGAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CENTIMORGAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit for measuring distance between genes on a chromosome, equal to a one percent chance of being separated by crossing over.
Geneticists use the centimorgan to build maps of where genes sit relative to each other. It reflects how often inheritance reshuffles two genes rather than a physical length.
How CENTIMORGAN is used
Used in genetics and in ancestry testing reports.
- The two genes lie about five centimorgan units apart on the chromosome.
- A larger centimorgan value means the genes are more often separated.
- Ancestry tests report shared segments in centimorgan lengths.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CENTIMORGAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CENTIMORGAN
1 longer words begin with CENTIMORGAN.
Shorter words from the letters in CENTIMORGAN
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Common questions about CENTIMORGAN
- Is CENTIMORGAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CENTIMORGAN, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CENTIMORGAN worth?
- CENTIMORGAN is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CENTIMORGAN mean?
- A unit for measuring distance between genes on a chromosome, equal to a one percent chance of being separated by crossing over.
- What letters can be added to CENTIMORGAN?
- CENTIMORGAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CENTIMORGAN:
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