DYSGENESIS is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. DYSGENESIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DYSGENESIS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DYSGENESIS is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DYSGENESIS
No single letter turns DYSGENESIS into another word.
How DYSGENESIS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DYSGENESIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DYSGENESIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DYSGENESIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicaltechnical
Faulty or abnormal development of an organ or tissue, or, in breeding, reduced fertility among hybrid offspring.
In medicine, dysgenesis points to a structure that failed to form properly in the womb, such as a gonad. Biologists also use dysgenesis for the infertility seen in some crosses between related animals.
How DYSGENESIS is used
Dysgenesis is a specialist term found in medical and genetics writing, usually followed by the organ affected.
- The scan revealed gonadal dysgenesis in the patient.
- Hybrid dysgenesis can leave the offspring of two strains unable to breed.
- The report linked the condition to dysgenesis of the kidney.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DYSGENESIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DYSGENESIS
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Common questions about DYSGENESIS
- Is DYSGENESIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DYSGENESIS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DYSGENESIS worth?
- DYSGENESIS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DYSGENESIS mean?
- Faulty or abnormal development of an organ or tissue, or, in breeding, reduced fertility among hybrid offspring.
- What letters can be added to DYSGENESIS?
- No single letter can be added to DYSGENESIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DYSGENESIS:
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