HETEROTROPH is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. HETEROTROPH 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 HETEROTROPH?
| 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 HETEROTROPH is to know. It scores 19 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HETEROTROPH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HETEROTROPH scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in HETEROTROPH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HETEROTROPH has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about HETEROTROPH
- HETEROTROPH begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HETEROTROPH mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
An organism that cannot make its own food and must eat other living things or organic matter.
Animals, fungi and many bacteria are heterotrophs, because they depend on ready-made organic compounds. Plants, by contrast, are autotrophs and build food from light. The word is a basic one in ecology and biology classes.
How HETEROTROPH is used
Used in biology as the opposite of autotroph.
- Every animal is a heterotroph.
- A heterotroph gains energy by consuming other organisms.
- A mushroom is a heterotroph that feeds on dead matter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HETEROTROPH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HETEROTROPH
5 longer words begin with HETEROTROPH.
Shorter words from the letters in HETEROTROPH
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Common questions about HETEROTROPH
- Is HETEROTROPH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HETEROTROPH, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HETEROTROPH worth?
- HETEROTROPH is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HETEROTROPH mean?
- An organism that cannot make its own food and must eat other living things or organic matter.
- What letters can be added to HETEROTROPH?
- HETEROTROPH takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of HETEROTROPH:
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