HOLOGYNY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. HOLOGYNY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOLOGYNY?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOLOGYNY is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOLOGYNY
No single letter turns HOLOGYNY into another word.
How HOLOGYNY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HOLOGYNY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOLOGYNY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOLOGYNY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The inheritance of a trait only through the female line.
In genetics hologyny describes characteristics passed from mother to daughter and never through males. It is the female counterpart of holandry.
How HOLOGYNY is used
Hologyny is a rare specialist term used in genetics.
- The textbook explained hologyny with a family chart.
- Researchers tested whether the trait showed hologyny.
- Hologyny is unusual among human characteristics.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOLOGYNY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HOLOGYNY
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Common questions about HOLOGYNY
- Is HOLOGYNY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOLOGYNY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOLOGYNY worth?
- HOLOGYNY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOLOGYNY mean?
- The inheritance of a trait only through the female line.
- What letters can be added to HOLOGYNY?
- No single letter can be added to HOLOGYNY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HOLOGYNY:
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