DROSOPHILA is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. DROSOPHILA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DROSOPHILA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DROSOPHILA is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DROSOPHILA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DROSOPHILA scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DROSOPHILA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DROSOPHILA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DROSOPHILA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologytechnical
A small fruit fly widely used in genetic research because it breeds fast and has large chromosomes.
Experiments on drosophila helped scientists map how traits pass from parents to offspring. Because a new generation appears within days, it is a favourite laboratory animal.
How DROSOPHILA is used
Drosophila names a genus of flies and is used in biology classes and genetics papers.
- The students bred drosophila to study inherited eye colour.
- A colony of drosophila lived in jars in the laboratory.
- Early genetics owes much to work on drosophila.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DROSOPHILA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DROSOPHILA
2 longer words begin with DROSOPHILA.
Shorter words from the letters in DROSOPHILA
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Common questions about DROSOPHILA
- Is DROSOPHILA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DROSOPHILA, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DROSOPHILA worth?
- DROSOPHILA is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DROSOPHILA mean?
- A small fruit fly widely used in genetic research because it breeds fast and has large chromosomes.
- What letters can be added to DROSOPHILA?
- DROSOPHILA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DROSOPHILA:
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