DIPHYLETIC is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. DIPHYLETIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIPHYLETIC?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIPHYLETIC is to know. It scores 21 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIPHYLETIC
No single letter turns DIPHYLETIC into another word.
How DIPHYLETIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DIPHYLETIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DIPHYLETIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DIPHYLETIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Descended from two separate lines of ancestors rather than from a single common one.
Biologists call a group diphyletic when its members look alike but arose from two independent evolutionary lines. Such a grouping is usually considered an error in classification and gets rearranged.
How DIPHYLETIC is used
Used in biology and taxonomy, often in discussions of how species should be grouped.
- The old category turned out to be diphyletic and was split in two.
- Scientists described the wing structure as a diphyletic development.
- A diphyletic group does not share one ancestor exclusive to itself.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIPHYLETIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DIPHYLETIC
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Common questions about DIPHYLETIC
- Is DIPHYLETIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIPHYLETIC, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIPHYLETIC worth?
- DIPHYLETIC is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIPHYLETIC mean?
- Descended from two separate lines of ancestors rather than from a single common one.
- What letters can be added to DIPHYLETIC?
- No single letter can be added to DIPHYLETIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DIPHYLETIC:
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