GENE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. GENE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GENE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GENE is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 8.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GENE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GENE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GENE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,301.
What does GENE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of heredity located on a chromosome that is passed from parent to offspring and that determines a particular characteristic of an organism.
Every gene is a stretch of DNA that carries the instructions for building or regulating one particular trait, and the complete set of an organism's genes forms its genome. When copies of a gene differ slightly between individuals, the trait they control can vary too, which is why gene is so often mentioned in the same breath as heredity and inherited disease.
How GENE is used
Common in everyday and scientific writing; used both technically in biology and loosely in speech about family resemblance.
- A single gene can control eye colour in surprisingly simple ways.
- Scientists located the gene responsible for the disease after years of research.
- She inherited the gene for red hair from her father.
- Mutations in that gene raise the risk of certain cancers.
- Each cell in the body carries a full copy of every gene.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GENE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GENE
Showing 24 of 120 words that begin with GENE.
Words ending in GENE
Showing 24 of 30 words that end in GENE. Useful as a back hook: play GENE onto a word already on the board.
Words with GENE inside
Showing 24 of 502 words that contain GENE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GENE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GENE
Common questions about GENE
- Is GENE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GENE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GENE worth?
- GENE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GENE mean?
- A unit of heredity located on a chromosome that is passed from parent to offspring and that determines a particular characteristic of an organism.
- What letters can be added to GENE?
- GENE takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GENE:
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