HAPLOSIS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HAPLOSIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAPLOSIS?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAPLOSIS is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAPLOSIS
No single letter turns HAPLOSIS into another word.
How HAPLOSIS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HAPLOSIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HAPLOSIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HAPLOSIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The halving of the chromosome number that occurs during meiosis, giving cells with a single set.
Through haplosis, sperm and egg cells receive only one set of chromosomes, so fertilisation restores the full number. Biology textbooks use the term for this reduction step.
How HAPLOSIS is used
Used in genetics and cell biology when describing meiosis.
- The lecture explained haplosis as the reduction of chromosome sets.
- Haplosis ensures that offspring do not inherit double the usual number.
- In this species, haplosis takes place shortly before spore formation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAPLOSIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HAPLOSIS
The 8 tiles of HAPLOSIS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in HAPLOSIS
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Common questions about HAPLOSIS
- Is HAPLOSIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAPLOSIS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAPLOSIS worth?
- HAPLOSIS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAPLOSIS mean?
- The halving of the chromosome number that occurs during meiosis, giving cells with a single set.
- What letters can be added to HAPLOSIS?
- No single letter can be added to HAPLOSIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HAPLOSIS:
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