MEGAGAMETE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. MEGAGAMETE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MEGAGAMETE?
| 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 MEGAGAMETE is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MEGAGAMETE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
megagametesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MEGAGAMETE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in MEGAGAMETE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MEGAGAMETE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MEGAGAMETE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The larger of two kinds of reproductive cell, usually the female one.
A megagamete is rich in stored food and does not move on its own, unlike the small male cell. The term is used where two gamete sizes exist, as in some algae and protozoans. In animals this cell is simply called the egg.
How MEGAGAMETE is used
A specialist biology term, mostly in textbooks on reproduction and cell life.
- The megagamete is far larger than the sperm cell.
- In this alga each megagamete stays on the parent.
- Textbooks contrast the megagamete with the microgamete.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MEGAGAMETE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MEGAGAMETE
1 longer words begin with MEGAGAMETE.
Shorter words from the letters in MEGAGAMETE
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Common questions about MEGAGAMETE
- Is MEGAGAMETE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MEGAGAMETE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MEGAGAMETE worth?
- MEGAGAMETE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MEGAGAMETE mean?
- The larger of two kinds of reproductive cell, usually the female one.
- What letters can be added to MEGAGAMETE?
- MEGAGAMETE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of MEGAGAMETE:
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