HETEROGENY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. HETEROGENY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HETEROGENY?
| 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 HETEROGENY is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HETEROGENY
No single letter turns HETEROGENY into another word.
How HETEROGENY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in HETEROGENY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HETEROGENY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HETEROGENY mean in Scrabble?
noun
raretechnical
The generation of living things in a way that differs from their parents, such as alternating between sexual and asexual generations.
Older biology books used heterogeny for life cycles in which offspring do not resemble the previous generation. The word also appears in the claim that life can arise spontaneously.
How HETEROGENY is used
Heterogeny is a rare scientific term, mainly found in older biological writing.
- The old textbook described heterogeny in aphid life cycles.
- Debates over heterogeny shaped early ideas about the origin of life.
- He wrote a paper on heterogeny in certain parasites.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HETEROGENY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HETEROGENY
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Common questions about HETEROGENY
- Is HETEROGENY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HETEROGENY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HETEROGENY worth?
- HETEROGENY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HETEROGENY mean?
- The generation of living things in a way that differs from their parents, such as alternating between sexual and asexual generations.
- What letters can be added to HETEROGENY?
- No single letter can be added to HETEROGENY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of HETEROGENY:
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