XENOTROPIC is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. XENOTROPIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept XENOTROPIC?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful XENOTROPIC is to know. It scores 21 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for XENOTROPIC
No single letter turns XENOTROPIC into another word.
How XENOTROPIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in XENOTROPIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| x | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so XENOTROPIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does XENOTROPIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Describing a virus that can multiply only in cells of a species other than its original host.
Xenotropic is a virology term found in studies of retroviruses in mice. A xenotropic virus may sit harmlessly in the genome of one species while being able to infect cells from a different one.
How XENOTROPIC is used
Xenotropic is almost always paired with words such as virus, retrovirus or strain in laboratory papers.
- The xenotropic virus could not infect the mouse cells it came from.
- A xenotropic strain was detected in the human cell culture.
- Researchers tested whether the xenotropic retrovirus was present in the samples.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of XENOTROPIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in XENOTROPIC
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Common questions about XENOTROPIC
- Is XENOTROPIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts XENOTROPIC, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is XENOTROPIC worth?
- XENOTROPIC is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does XENOTROPIC mean?
- Describing a virus that can multiply only in cells of a species other than its original host.
- What letters can be added to XENOTROPIC?
- No single letter can be added to XENOTROPIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of XENOTROPIC:
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