HETEROSPORY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. HETEROSPORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HETEROSPORY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HETEROSPORY is to know. It scores 19 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HETEROSPORY
No single letter turns HETEROSPORY into another word.
How HETEROSPORY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in HETEROSPORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HETEROSPORY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HETEROSPORY mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The production of two different kinds of spores, small male ones and large female ones, by the same plant.
Heterospory is considered an important step in the evolution of seed plants. The larger spores develop into female parts and the smaller into male ones. Some ferns and clubmosses show it, as do all seed plants in a modified form.
How HETEROSPORY is used
A term from plant biology and evolution.
- Heterospory evolved independently in several plant lineages.
- The fossil record shows early heterospory in extinct clubmosses.
- Seed plants are descended from ancestors that practised heterospory.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HETEROSPORY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HETEROSPORY
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Common questions about HETEROSPORY
- Is HETEROSPORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HETEROSPORY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HETEROSPORY worth?
- HETEROSPORY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HETEROSPORY mean?
- The production of two different kinds of spores, small male ones and large female ones, by the same plant.
- What letters can be added to HETEROSPORY?
- No single letter can be added to HETEROSPORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of HETEROSPORY:
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