HEXAPLOIDY is a valid Scrabble word — 26 points
Yes. HEXAPLOIDY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 26 points in Scrabble and 26 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEXAPLOIDY?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEXAPLOIDY is to know. It scores 26 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEXAPLOIDY
No single letter turns HEXAPLOIDY into another word.
How HEXAPLOIDY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in HEXAPLOIDY, 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 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HEXAPLOIDY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about HEXAPLOIDY
- All 10 letters of HEXAPLOIDY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HEXAPLOIDY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The condition of having six complete sets of chromosomes in each cell.
Hexaploidy is a form of polyploidy found in many plants; bread wheat is a well-known example. Having extra sets of chromosomes often makes a plant larger or hardier than its diploid relatives.
How HEXAPLOIDY is used
A term used in genetics and plant breeding.
- Bread wheat owes its size partly to hexaploidy.
- Hexaploidy arises when whole chromosome sets are multiplied.
- The botanist counted the chromosomes to confirm hexaploidy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEXAPLOIDY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HEXAPLOIDY
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Common questions about HEXAPLOIDY
- Is HEXAPLOIDY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEXAPLOIDY, where it scores 26 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEXAPLOIDY worth?
- HEXAPLOIDY is worth 26 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEXAPLOIDY mean?
- The condition of having six complete sets of chromosomes in each cell.
- What letters can be added to HEXAPLOIDY?
- No single letter can be added to HEXAPLOIDY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of HEXAPLOIDY:
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