XENIA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. XENIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept XENIA?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful XENIA is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for XENIA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How XENIA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in XENIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| x | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,909.
What does XENIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The visible influence of pollen from one plant on the seed or fruit tissue it fertilizes, seen directly in that same generation.
When gardeners cross-pollinate maize or other crops, xenia describes how the pollen parent can change the colour, size or texture of the kernels that form, and it can show up in the very cob being pollinated rather than only in seeds grown the following season. Botanists separate xenia from ordinary heredity for exactly this reason: it is a direct, immediate effect rather than an inherited trait passed on to the next generation. A related but distinct idea, metaxenia, covers effects on plant tissue beyond the seed itself, such as the surrounding fruit wall.
How XENIA is used
Used in botany and plant breeding to describe how a second parent visibly alters a fruit or seed at fertilization.
- Breeders noticed xenia in the mixed-colour kernels on a single corn cob.
- The purple streaks in the maize were a textbook case of xenia.
- Xenia lets one ear of corn show traits from two different pollen sources at once.
- Older botany textbooks cite xenia as proof that pollen can act immediately.
- Researchers studying xenia compare kernels pollinated by different fathers on the same plant.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of XENIA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with XENIA
2 longer words begin with XENIA.
Words ending in XENIA
1 words end in XENIA. Useful as a back hook: play XENIA onto a word already on the board.
Words with XENIA inside
1 words contain XENIA in the middle. Words that start with XENIA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in XENIA
Common questions about XENIA
- Is XENIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts XENIA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is XENIA worth?
- XENIA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does XENIA mean?
- The visible influence of pollen from one plant on the seed or fruit tissue it fertilizes, seen directly in that same generation.
- What letters can be added to XENIA?
- XENIA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of XENIA:
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