ZYGOSITY is a valid Scrabble word — 24 points
Yes. ZYGOSITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 24 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZYGOSITY?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZYGOSITY is to know. It scores 24 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZYGOSITY
No single letter turns ZYGOSITY into another word.
How ZYGOSITY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ZYGOSITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ZYGOSITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ZYGOSITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The degree of similarity between the two gene copies an individual carries, or the type of zygote that twins came from.
In genetics zygosity says whether paired alleles are identical, as in homozygous, or different, as in heterozygous. For twins, zygosity tells whether they developed from one fertilised egg or from two.
How ZYGOSITY is used
Zygosity is a technical term of genetics and twin studies.
- A test confirmed the twins' zygosity.
- Zygosity affects how a recessive trait appears.
- The lab recorded the zygosity of each plant.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZYGOSITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ZYGOSITY
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Common questions about ZYGOSITY
- Is ZYGOSITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZYGOSITY, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZYGOSITY worth?
- ZYGOSITY is worth 24 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZYGOSITY mean?
- The degree of similarity between the two gene copies an individual carries, or the type of zygote that twins came from.
- What letters can be added to ZYGOSITY?
- No single letter can be added to ZYGOSITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ZYGOSITY:
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