MONOSOME is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MONOSOME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MONOSOME?
| 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 MONOSOME is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MONOSOME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
monosomesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MONOSOME scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MONOSOME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MONOSOME has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MONOSOME mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
An unpaired chromosome in a cell that otherwise has paired ones.
Geneticists often use monosome for the single X chromosome in a cell of a male insect or a person with one X. The term also appears in talk of cells that lack one partner of a pair.
How MONOSOME is used
A term from genetics, used in textbooks.
- The cell carried one monosome instead of a pair.
- A monosome can cause problems during cell division.
- The biologist counted each monosome under the microscope.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MONOSOME and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MONOSOME
1 longer words begin with MONOSOME.
Shorter words from the letters in MONOSOME
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Common questions about MONOSOME
- Is MONOSOME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MONOSOME, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MONOSOME worth?
- MONOSOME is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MONOSOME mean?
- An unpaired chromosome in a cell that otherwise has paired ones.
- What letters can be added to MONOSOME?
- MONOSOME takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MONOSOME:
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