CLEISTOGAMY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. CLEISTOGAMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLEISTOGAMY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLEISTOGAMY is to know. It scores 19 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLEISTOGAMY
No single letter turns CLEISTOGAMY into another word.
How CLEISTOGAMY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CLEISTOGAMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CLEISTOGAMY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CLEISTOGAMY
- All 11 letters of CLEISTOGAMY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CLEISTOGAMY mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The production of small closed flowers that pollinate themselves without ever opening.
Violets and peanuts use cleistogamy as a backup, making seed even when bees are scarce. The tight buds guarantee fertilisation but give less genetic variety.
How CLEISTOGAMY is used
Used in botany; clistogamy is a rarer spelling.
- Cleistogamy lets the violet set seed in shady woods.
- The plant relies on cleistogamy late in the season.
- Cleistogamy is the opposite of showy open pollination.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLEISTOGAMY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CLEISTOGAMY
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Common questions about CLEISTOGAMY
- Is CLEISTOGAMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLEISTOGAMY, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLEISTOGAMY worth?
- CLEISTOGAMY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLEISTOGAMY mean?
- The production of small closed flowers that pollinate themselves without ever opening.
- What letters can be added to CLEISTOGAMY?
- No single letter can be added to CLEISTOGAMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CLEISTOGAMY:
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