SPOROPHYTE is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. SPOROPHYTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPOROPHYTE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPOROPHYTE is to know. It scores 20 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPOROPHYTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sporophytesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPOROPHYTE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SPOROPHYTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SPOROPHYTE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SPOROPHYTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The spore-producing stage in the life cycle of a plant that alternates between two different generations.
In ferns the leafy plant we see is the sporophyte, while in mosses it is the small stalk with a capsule. The sporophyte grows from a fertilised egg and makes spores that develop into the next, sexual stage.
How SPOROPHYTE is used
Appears in biology courses; sporophyte is the counterpart of the gametophyte.
- The fern frond is part of the sporophyte.
- A moss sporophyte grows out of the green cushion.
- The sporophyte releases spores when the capsule opens.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPOROPHYTE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SPOROPHYTE
1 longer words begin with SPOROPHYTE.
Shorter words from the letters in SPOROPHYTE
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Common questions about SPOROPHYTE
- Is SPOROPHYTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPOROPHYTE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPOROPHYTE worth?
- SPOROPHYTE is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPOROPHYTE mean?
- The spore-producing stage in the life cycle of a plant that alternates between two different generations.
- What letters can be added to SPOROPHYTE?
- SPOROPHYTE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SPOROPHYTE:
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