METANEPHROS is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. METANEPHROS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept METANEPHROS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful METANEPHROS is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for METANEPHROS
No single letter turns METANEPHROS into another word.
How METANEPHROS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in METANEPHROS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so METANEPHROS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does METANEPHROS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The last and rearmost of the three embryonic kidney stages, which becomes the permanent kidney in reptiles, birds and mammals.
The metanephros develops after the mesonephros has run its course. In humans it grows into the adult kidney and its drainage tube, the ureter.
How METANEPHROS is used
Metanephros is embryology vocabulary, with the plural metanephroi.
- The metanephros becomes the working kidney of a human baby.
- Errors in the metanephros can cause kidney defects at birth.
- Students compared the metanephros with the earlier kidney stages.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of METANEPHROS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in METANEPHROS
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Common questions about METANEPHROS
- Is METANEPHROS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts METANEPHROS, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is METANEPHROS worth?
- METANEPHROS is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does METANEPHROS mean?
- The last and rearmost of the three embryonic kidney stages, which becomes the permanent kidney in reptiles, birds and mammals.
- What letters can be added to METANEPHROS?
- No single letter can be added to METANEPHROS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of METANEPHROS:
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