HYBRIDOMA is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. HYBRIDOMA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HYBRIDOMA?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYBRIDOMA is to know. It scores 20 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYBRIDOMA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hybridomasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HYBRIDOMA scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HYBRIDOMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HYBRIDOMA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about HYBRIDOMA
- All 9 letters of HYBRIDOMA are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HYBRIDOMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A cell line made by joining an antibody-producing white blood cell to a long-lived tumour cell.
The point of a hybridoma is to get one cell that both divides endlessly and makes a single chosen antibody. Laboratories grow a hybridoma in culture to harvest that antibody in bulk.
How HYBRIDOMA is used
Used in immunology and biotechnology, usually when describing how monoclonal antibodies are made.
- Each hybridoma secretes only one kind of antibody.
- The team screened hundreds of hybridoma clones for the best producer.
- A frozen hybridoma can be revived years later.
- Making a stable hybridoma takes patience and sterile technique.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYBRIDOMA and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HYBRIDOMA
2 longer words begin with HYBRIDOMA.
Shorter words from the letters in HYBRIDOMA
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Common questions about HYBRIDOMA
- Is HYBRIDOMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYBRIDOMA, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYBRIDOMA worth?
- HYBRIDOMA is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYBRIDOMA mean?
- A cell line made by joining an antibody-producing white blood cell to a long-lived tumour cell.
- What letters can be added to HYBRIDOMA?
- HYBRIDOMA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HYBRIDOMA:
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