EUPLOIDY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. EUPLOIDY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EUPLOIDY?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EUPLOIDY is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EUPLOIDY
No single letter turns EUPLOIDY into another word.
How EUPLOIDY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in EUPLOIDY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EUPLOIDY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about EUPLOIDY
- All 8 letters of EUPLOIDY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EUPLOIDY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The condition of a cell or organism that carries a whole-number multiple of its basic set of chromosomes.
Euploidy is what biologists call a normal chromosome count, as opposed to aneuploidy, where one or more chromosomes are missing or extra. Both diploid and tetraploid cells count, as long as every set is complete.
How EUPLOIDY is used
Used in genetics, plant breeding and cell biology.
- Testing the embryo for euploidy showed a normal chromosome count.
- Wheat varieties differ in euploidy, from diploid to hexaploid.
- Loss of euploidy is common in many tumour cells.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EUPLOIDY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EUPLOIDY
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Common questions about EUPLOIDY
- Is EUPLOIDY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EUPLOIDY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EUPLOIDY worth?
- EUPLOIDY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EUPLOIDY mean?
- The condition of a cell or organism that carries a whole-number multiple of its basic set of chromosomes.
- What letters can be added to EUPLOIDY?
- No single letter can be added to EUPLOIDY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of EUPLOIDY:
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