DIOECY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DIOECY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIOECY?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIOECY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIOECY
No single letter turns DIOECY into another word.
How DIOECY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DIOECY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What stands out about DIOECY
- DIOECY 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 DIOECY mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanytechnical
A condition in which the male and female reproductive parts are found on separate individual plants or animals.
Dioecy is best known in botany, where holly, willow and ginkgo trees each grow as either a male or a female plant, so only the female bears berries or seeds. Gardeners meet the idea when they plant a single holly and wonder why it never fruits. The term comes from Greek words meaning two households, a neat picture of the sexes living apart.
How DIOECY is used
Technical term in biology; the matching adjective is dioecious.
- Dioecy explains why a lone female holly produces no berries.
- Botanists study dioecy to learn how plants avoid self-pollination.
- The textbook contrasts dioecy with species whose flowers hold both sexes.
- In nature, dioecy has arisen many times in unrelated plant families.
- Dioecy is rare among animals that live in colonies.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIOECY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DIOECY
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Common questions about DIOECY
- Is DIOECY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIOECY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIOECY worth?
- DIOECY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIOECY mean?
- A condition in which the male and female reproductive parts are found on separate individual plants or animals.
- What letters can be added to DIOECY?
- No single letter can be added to DIOECY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DIOECY:
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