METAGENESIS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. METAGENESIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept METAGENESIS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful METAGENESIS is to know. It scores 14 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for METAGENESIS
No single letter turns METAGENESIS into another word.
How METAGENESIS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in METAGENESIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so METAGENESIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does METAGENESIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The alternation of generations in a life cycle, in which sexual and asexual forms of an organism take turns.
Metagenesis is seen in jellyfish and in many plants, where one generation reproduces sexually and the next by non-sexual means. An older, rarer use of the word covers any such change of form between successive generations.
How METAGENESIS is used
Used in biology textbooks and older natural history.
- Metagenesis explains why the polyp and the jellyfish look so different.
- Ferns show metagenesis in their life cycle.
- The lecture compared metagenesis in plants and animals.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of METAGENESIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in METAGENESIS
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Common questions about METAGENESIS
- Is METAGENESIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts METAGENESIS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is METAGENESIS worth?
- METAGENESIS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does METAGENESIS mean?
- The alternation of generations in a life cycle, in which sexual and asexual forms of an organism take turns.
- What letters can be added to METAGENESIS?
- No single letter can be added to METAGENESIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of METAGENESIS:
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