GYNANDROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. GYNANDROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GYNANDROUS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GYNANDROUS is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GYNANDROUS
No single letter turns GYNANDROUS into another word.
How GYNANDROUS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in GYNANDROUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GYNANDROUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GYNANDROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botanytechnical
Having the stamens and pistil joined together in one column, as in orchids.
A gynandrous flower fuses its male and female parts into a single structure. Orchids are the classic gynandrous plants, and the word can occasionally describe a hermaphrodite animal.
How GYNANDROUS is used
A botanical term for flowers whose reproductive organs are united.
- The orchid is a gynandrous flower with a central column.
- Botanists described the gynandrous structure in detail.
- A gynandrous species was found on the slope.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GYNANDROUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GYNANDROUS
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Common questions about GYNANDROUS
- Is GYNANDROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GYNANDROUS, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GYNANDROUS worth?
- GYNANDROUS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GYNANDROUS mean?
- Having the stamens and pistil joined together in one column, as in orchids.
- What letters can be added to GYNANDROUS?
- No single letter can be added to GYNANDROUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of GYNANDROUS:
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