PALINGENESIS is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PALINGENESIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PALINGENESIS?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PALINGENESIS is to know. It scores 15 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PALINGENESIS
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
palingenesistChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How PALINGENESIS scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in PALINGENESIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PALINGENESIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PALINGENESIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A new birth or rebirth, or the reappearance of ancestral features during development.
Palingenesis carries the idea of starting again in renewed form. Biologists use it for ancestral traits showing up in an embryo, and geologists for rock that melts and sets into a new kind.
How PALINGENESIS is used
A rare word of science and literary writing about renewal or rebirth.
- The poem treats spring as a kind of palingenesis.
- Palingenesis in rock follows the remelting of old crust.
- Some thinkers saw history as a cycle of palingenesis.
- The textbook explained palingenesis in embryonic growth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PALINGENESIS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PALINGENESIS
2 longer words begin with PALINGENESIS.
Shorter words from the letters in PALINGENESIS
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Common questions about PALINGENESIS
- Is PALINGENESIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PALINGENESIS, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PALINGENESIS worth?
- PALINGENESIS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PALINGENESIS mean?
- A new birth or rebirth, or the reappearance of ancestral features during development.
- What letters can be added to PALINGENESIS?
- PALINGENESIS takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of PALINGENESIS:
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