HETEROTYPIC is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. HETEROTYPIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HETEROTYPIC?
| 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 HETEROTYPIC is to know. It scores 21 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HETEROTYPIC
No single letter turns HETEROTYPIC into another word.
How HETEROTYPIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in HETEROTYPIC, 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 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HETEROTYPIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HETEROTYPIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalzoology
Relating to the first division of meiosis, in which the number of chromosomes is halved; also, different in kind or form.
Textbooks call the first meiotic division heterotypic because it separates whole chromosome pairs. The word has a looser sense of unlike in type, set against homotypic.
How HETEROTYPIC is used
Heterotypic is used in cell biology and in comparative classification.
- The heterotypic division reduces the chromosome number by half.
- Researchers compared homotypic and heterotypic cell contacts.
- A heterotypic pair of cells showed different surface markers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HETEROTYPIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HETEROTYPIC
1 longer words begin with HETEROTYPIC.
Shorter words from the letters in HETEROTYPIC
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Common questions about HETEROTYPIC
- Is HETEROTYPIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HETEROTYPIC, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HETEROTYPIC worth?
- HETEROTYPIC is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HETEROTYPIC mean?
- Relating to the first division of meiosis, in which the number of chromosomes is halved; also, different in kind or form.
- What letters can be added to HETEROTYPIC?
- No single letter can be added to HETEROTYPIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of HETEROTYPIC:
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