GENITOR is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. GENITOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GENITOR?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GENITOR is to know. It scores 8 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GENITOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
genitorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GENITOR scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in GENITOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 28,591.
What does GENITOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
formalrare
A person's biological father, as opposed to someone who raised them.
The term genitor turns up in genealogy, law and anthropology when the writer needs to separate biological parentage from social fatherhood. Outside those fields it sounds stiff and a little old-fashioned.
How GENITOR is used
Genitor is rare and is chosen mainly for precision in formal or scholarly writing.
- The court asked who the genitor of the child was.
- In the study, the genitor and the legal father were sometimes different men.
- He never met his genitor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GENITOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GENITOR
1 longer words begin with GENITOR.
Shorter words from the letters in GENITOR
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Common questions about GENITOR
- Is GENITOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GENITOR, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GENITOR worth?
- GENITOR is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GENITOR mean?
- A person's biological father, as opposed to someone who raised them.
- What letters can be added to GENITOR?
- GENITOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of GENITOR:
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