XENOGENY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. XENOGENY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept XENOGENY?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful XENOGENY is to know. It scores 19 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for XENOGENY
No single letter turns XENOGENY into another word.
How XENOGENY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in XENOGENY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| x | 1 | 1 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so XENOGENY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does XENOGENY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalrare
The supposed birth of offspring entirely unlike either parent.
Xenogeny is an old biological idea that a parent might give rise to a wholly different kind of creature. Modern science does not accept it, so the word survives in historical works and word lists.
How XENOGENY is used
Very rare, mostly in older biology and dictionaries.
- The old text discusses xenogeny as a theory of origin.
- Xenogeny was once proposed to explain odd births.
- He wrote an essay on xenogeny and heredity.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of XENOGENY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in XENOGENY
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Common questions about XENOGENY
- Is XENOGENY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts XENOGENY, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is XENOGENY worth?
- XENOGENY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does XENOGENY mean?
- The supposed birth of offspring entirely unlike either parent.
- What letters can be added to XENOGENY?
- No single letter can be added to XENOGENY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of XENOGENY:
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