SUBGENUS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SUBGENUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUBGENUS?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUBGENUS is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUBGENUS
No single letter turns SUBGENUS into another word.
How SUBGENUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SUBGENUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SUBGENUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SUBGENUS
- SUBGENUS begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SUBGENUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A group in biological classification that ranks below a genus and above a species.
Taxonomists create a subgenus when the species inside a genus split into clearly related clusters. Its name is often written in brackets between the genus and species names.
How SUBGENUS is used
The word subgenus is found in scientific papers and field guides to plants and animals.
- The beetle was placed in a different subgenus.
- Botanists moved the azaleas into their own subgenus.
- A subgenus often includes only a handful of species.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUBGENUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SUBGENUS
1 longer words begin with SUBGENUS.
Shorter words from the letters in SUBGENUS
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Common questions about SUBGENUS
- Is SUBGENUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUBGENUS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUBGENUS worth?
- SUBGENUS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUBGENUS mean?
- A group in biological classification that ranks below a genus and above a species.
- What letters can be added to SUBGENUS?
- No single letter can be added to SUBGENUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SUBGENUS:
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