ONTOGENY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ONTOGENY 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 ONTOGENY?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ONTOGENY is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ONTOGENY
No single letter turns ONTOGENY into another word.
How ONTOGENY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ONTOGENY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ONTOGENY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ONTOGENY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The development of a single living organism from its beginning to its adult form.
Biologists set ontogeny against phylogeny, which concerns the evolution of a whole group. An embryologist tracing how a frog grows from an egg is studying its ontogeny.
How ONTOGENY is used
Ontogeny belongs to biology and is often paired with phylogeny.
- The ontogeny of a butterfly includes a complete change of body form.
- Her research follows the ontogeny of bone in young birds.
- Some old theories claimed that ontogeny repeats evolution.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ONTOGENY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ONTOGENY
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Common questions about ONTOGENY
- Is ONTOGENY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ONTOGENY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ONTOGENY worth?
- ONTOGENY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ONTOGENY mean?
- The development of a single living organism from its beginning to its adult form.
- What letters can be added to ONTOGENY?
- No single letter can be added to ONTOGENY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ONTOGENY:
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