SEMIDOMINANT is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. SEMIDOMINANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEMIDOMINANT?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEMIDOMINANT is to know. It scores 17 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEMIDOMINANT
No single letter turns SEMIDOMINANT into another word.
How SEMIDOMINANT scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in SEMIDOMINANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SEMIDOMINANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SEMIDOMINANT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Producing an intermediate trait when two different gene versions are present.
In genetics a semidominant allele has an effect that sits between the two homozygous outcomes. It is close in meaning to incompletely dominant.
How SEMIDOMINANT is used
A genetics term, mostly in textbooks and research papers.
- The mutation is semidominant in heterozygous plants.
- A semidominant gene gave the flowers a pale pink colour.
- Researchers described the trait as semidominant.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEMIDOMINANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SEMIDOMINANT
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Common questions about SEMIDOMINANT
- Is SEMIDOMINANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEMIDOMINANT, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEMIDOMINANT worth?
- SEMIDOMINANT is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEMIDOMINANT mean?
- Producing an intermediate trait when two different gene versions are present.
- What letters can be added to SEMIDOMINANT?
- No single letter can be added to SEMIDOMINANT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of SEMIDOMINANT:
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