HETEROGAMY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. HETEROGAMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HETEROGAMY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HETEROGAMY is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HETEROGAMY
No single letter turns HETEROGAMY into another word.
How HETEROGAMY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in HETEROGAMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HETEROGAMY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HETEROGAMY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
In biology, reproduction or fertilisation involving unlike forms, such as alternating sexual and asexual generations; in sociology, marriage between people of different backgrounds.
Heterogamy is a technical term with a separate meaning in each of two fields. Botanists use it for plants that bear flowers of more than one type, while social scientists use it for couples who differ in class or education. Its opposite in the second sense is homogamy.
How HETEROGAMY is used
Appears in biology textbooks and in sociology papers on marriage patterns.
- Heterogamy in the plant means two different flower types grow on the same stem.
- The study measured heterogamy by comparing the education levels of spouses.
- Cultural heterogamy has increased in the region over recent decades.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HETEROGAMY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HETEROGAMY
Showing 40 of 525. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about HETEROGAMY
- Is HETEROGAMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HETEROGAMY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HETEROGAMY worth?
- HETEROGAMY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HETEROGAMY mean?
- In biology, reproduction or fertilisation involving unlike forms, such as alternating sexual and asexual generations; in sociology, marriage between people of different backgrounds.
- What letters can be added to HETEROGAMY?
- No single letter can be added to HETEROGAMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of HETEROGAMY:
Open HETEROGAMY in the Word Finder