MESOSOME is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MESOSOME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MESOSOME?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MESOSOME is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MESOSOME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mesosomesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MESOSOME scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MESOSOME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MESOSOME has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MESOSOME mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A folded structure of membrane seen inside some bacterial cells under the electron microscope.
Older microbiology books gave the mesosome a role in cell division and respiration. Later work suggested that many images of it were artefacts produced by preparing the sample. In zoology the word also names the middle region of the body in some arthropods.
How MESOSOME is used
Used in microbiology, with a debated history.
- The textbook sketched a mesosome as a coil inside the cell wall.
- Some researchers now doubt the mesosome is real.
- Staining revealed what looked like a mesosome.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MESOSOME and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MESOSOME
1 longer words begin with MESOSOME.
Shorter words from the letters in MESOSOME
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Common questions about MESOSOME
- Is MESOSOME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MESOSOME, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MESOSOME worth?
- MESOSOME is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MESOSOME mean?
- A folded structure of membrane seen inside some bacterial cells under the electron microscope.
- What letters can be added to MESOSOME?
- MESOSOME takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MESOSOME:
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