CHEMOTAXIS is a valid Scrabble word — 24 points
Yes. CHEMOTAXIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 24 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHEMOTAXIS?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHEMOTAXIS is to know. It scores 24 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHEMOTAXIS
No single letter turns CHEMOTAXIS into another word.
How CHEMOTAXIS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CHEMOTAXIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CHEMOTAXIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CHEMOTAXIS
- All 10 letters of CHEMOTAXIS are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CHEMOTAXIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalzoology
The movement of a cell or organism toward or away from a chemical substance.
In chemotaxis, white blood cells crawl toward a wound by following chemical signals. Bacteria use the same behaviour to find food and escape poisons.
How CHEMOTAXIS is used
Chemotaxis is a biology term, used for cells, microbes and small animals.
- Bacteria swim toward sugar by chemotaxis.
- Chemotaxis draws immune cells to the site of infection.
- The experiment measured chemotaxis in a thin film of gel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHEMOTAXIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHEMOTAXIS
1 longer words begin with CHEMOTAXIS.
Shorter words from the letters in CHEMOTAXIS
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Common questions about CHEMOTAXIS
- Is CHEMOTAXIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHEMOTAXIS, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHEMOTAXIS worth?
- CHEMOTAXIS is worth 24 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHEMOTAXIS mean?
- The movement of a cell or organism toward or away from a chemical substance.
- What letters can be added to CHEMOTAXIS?
- No single letter can be added to CHEMOTAXIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CHEMOTAXIS:
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