LYSOGENISE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. LYSOGENISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LYSOGENISE?
| 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 LYSOGENISE is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LYSOGENISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LYSOGENISE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in LYSOGENISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LYSOGENISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LYSOGENISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
Britishtechnical
To infect a bacterium with a virus so that the viral genes stay dormant inside it.
To lysogenise a cell is to place a phage inside it in a quiet, integrated state instead of letting it burst the cell. Lysogenise is the British spelling of lysogenize, and microbiologists use it when describing experiments.
How LYSOGENISE is used
Lysogenise is a microbiology term, used in laboratory descriptions.
- The team tried to lysogenise the culture with a mild phage.
- It is easy to lysogenise this strain of bacteria.
- They did not lysogenise every cell in the sample.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LYSOGENISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LYSOGENISE
The 10 tiles of LYSOGENISE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LYSOGENISE
2 longer words begin with LYSOGENISE.
Shorter words from the letters in LYSOGENISE
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Common questions about LYSOGENISE
- Is LYSOGENISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LYSOGENISE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LYSOGENISE worth?
- LYSOGENISE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LYSOGENISE mean?
- To infect a bacterium with a virus so that the viral genes stay dormant inside it.
- What letters can be added to LYSOGENISE?
- LYSOGENISE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of LYSOGENISE:
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