HEXAPLOID is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. HEXAPLOID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEXAPLOID?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEXAPLOID is to know. It scores 22 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEXAPLOID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HEXAPLOID scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HEXAPLOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HEXAPLOID has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about HEXAPLOID
- All 9 letters of HEXAPLOID are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HEXAPLOID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Of a cell or species, carrying six full chromosome sets, as modern bread wheat does.
Bread wheat is a famous hexaploid crop, carrying genes from three ancestor species. Such a cell holds three times the usual two sets. As a noun the word names an organism with that pattern.
How HEXAPLOID is used
Genetics and plant-breeding term for chromosome counts.
- Wheat is a hexaploid plant with a large genome.
- The hexaploid cells were counted under the microscope.
- A hexaploid hybrid arose from the cross.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEXAPLOID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HEXAPLOID
3 longer words begin with HEXAPLOID.
Shorter words from the letters in HEXAPLOID
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Common questions about HEXAPLOID
- Is HEXAPLOID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEXAPLOID, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEXAPLOID worth?
- HEXAPLOID is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEXAPLOID mean?
- Of a cell or species, carrying six full chromosome sets, as modern bread wheat does.
- What letters can be added to HEXAPLOID?
- HEXAPLOID takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HEXAPLOID:
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