PANGEN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PANGEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PANGEN?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PANGEN is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PANGEN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PANGEN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PANGEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 122,639.
What does PANGEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A hypothetical particle of living matter that was once thought to carry hereditary traits.
Pangen is a term from early genetics, proposed in the late nineteenth century to name the tiny units that supposedly passed from every part of the body into the reproductive cells. The theory was later replaced by the modern idea of the gene, so the word survives mainly in the history of science and in word games.
How PANGEN is used
Historical term from early genetic theory.
- Darwin's idea of the pangen was meant to explain inheritance.
- The textbook describes the pangen as a purely hypothetical unit.
- No experiment ever revealed a real pangen.
- Each pangen was imagined to carry a trait from one body part.
- She asked her teacher whether the pangen is the same as the gene.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PANGEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PANGEN
The 6 tiles of PANGEN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PANGEN
7 longer words begin with PANGEN.
Shorter words from the letters in PANGEN
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Common questions about PANGEN
- Is PANGEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PANGEN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PANGEN worth?
- PANGEN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PANGEN mean?
- A hypothetical particle of living matter that was once thought to carry hereditary traits.
- What letters can be added to PANGEN?
- PANGEN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PANGEN:
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