DIZYGOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. DIZYGOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIZYGOUS?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIZYGOUS is to know. It scores 22 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIZYGOUS
No single letter turns DIZYGOUS into another word.
How DIZYGOUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DIZYGOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DIZYGOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DIZYGOUS
- All 8 letters of DIZYGOUS are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DIZYGOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalmedical
Developed from two separately fertilised eggs, as fraternal twins are.
Dizygous twins share about half their genes, just like ordinary siblings, unlike identical twins. The term appears in genetics and obstetrics rather than in everyday talk.
How DIZYGOUS is used
Dizygous is used in medicine and genetics, mostly about twins.
- The scan showed that the twins were dizygous.
- Dizygous pairs may differ in sex and appearance.
- The study compared identical and dizygous twins.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIZYGOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DIZYGOUS
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Common questions about DIZYGOUS
- Is DIZYGOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIZYGOUS, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIZYGOUS worth?
- DIZYGOUS is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIZYGOUS mean?
- Developed from two separately fertilised eggs, as fraternal twins are.
- What letters can be added to DIZYGOUS?
- No single letter can be added to DIZYGOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DIZYGOUS:
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