HETEROTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HETEROTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HETEROTIC?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HETEROTIC is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HETEROTIC
No single letter turns HETEROTIC into another word.
How HETEROTIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HETEROTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HETEROTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HETEROTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to heterosis, the extra vigour shown by hybrid offspring, or to a type of string theory.
Breeders speak of heterotic crops when a cross outgrows both parents. Physicists use heterotic for a different idea altogether, a string theory that joins two earlier models. The same word therefore serves two unrelated sciences.
How HETEROTIC is used
Heterotic is a technical word in plant and animal breeding and in theoretical physics.
- The heterotic effect made the hybrid maize yield far more.
- He gave a talk on heterotic string theory.
- Farmers value heterotic crosses for their vigour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HETEROTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HETEROTIC
The 9 tiles of HETEROTIC in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in HETEROTIC
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Common questions about HETEROTIC
- Is HETEROTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HETEROTIC, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HETEROTIC worth?
- HETEROTIC is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HETEROTIC mean?
- Relating to heterosis, the extra vigour shown by hybrid offspring, or to a type of string theory.
- What letters can be added to HETEROTIC?
- No single letter can be added to HETEROTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HETEROTIC:
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