TROPOTAXIS is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. TROPOTAXIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TROPOTAXIS?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TROPOTAXIS is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TROPOTAXIS
No single letter turns TROPOTAXIS into another word.
How TROPOTAXIS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in TROPOTAXIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TROPOTAXIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TROPOTAXIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalzoology
The movement of an organism towards or away from a stimulus by comparing its strength on the two sides of the body.
Tropotaxis lets an animal steer by balancing the signals from paired sense organs. A moth steering towards a light by tropotaxis keeps both eyes equally stimulated.
How TROPOTAXIS is used
Used in animal behaviour studies to describe directed movement using paired receptors.
- The experiment tested tropotaxis in a flatworm with one eye covered.
- Tropotaxis explains why the insect turned in a steady curve.
- The textbook contrasts tropotaxis with movement guided by a single receptor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TROPOTAXIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TROPOTAXIS
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Common questions about TROPOTAXIS
- Is TROPOTAXIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TROPOTAXIS, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TROPOTAXIS worth?
- TROPOTAXIS is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TROPOTAXIS mean?
- The movement of an organism towards or away from a stimulus by comparing its strength on the two sides of the body.
- What letters can be added to TROPOTAXIS?
- No single letter can be added to TROPOTAXIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of TROPOTAXIS:
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