SEMILETHAL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SEMILETHAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEMILETHAL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEMILETHAL is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEMILETHAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
semilethalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SEMILETHAL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SEMILETHAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SEMILETHAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SEMILETHAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Describing a genetic change that kills many, but not all, of the individuals that carry it.
Geneticists use semilethal for variants that fall between harmless and fatal. A semilethal trait leaves a minority alive, which makes it measurable in a breeding experiment.
How SEMILETHAL is used
Used in genetics, mostly for mutations or gene combinations, as in a semilethal mutation.
- The team recorded a semilethal mutation in the fruit fly line.
- Only a few embryos survived the semilethal combination of genes.
- A semilethal allele can persist in a population for generations.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEMILETHAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SEMILETHAL
1 longer words begin with SEMILETHAL.
Shorter words from the letters in SEMILETHAL
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Common questions about SEMILETHAL
- Is SEMILETHAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEMILETHAL, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEMILETHAL worth?
- SEMILETHAL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEMILETHAL mean?
- Describing a genetic change that kills many, but not all, of the individuals that carry it.
- What letters can be added to SEMILETHAL?
- SEMILETHAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SEMILETHAL:
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