Is HETEROZYGOUS a word?
HETEROZYGOUS is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 28 points in Scrabble and 28 points in Words With Friends, has 12 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, HETEROZYGOUS is a valid word.
What does heterozygous mean?
adjective: having dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci.
“heterozygous for eye color”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
HETEROZYGOUS: word details
- Pronunciation: heh-tur-uh-ZEYE-guhs (approx., 5 syllables)
- Length: 12 letters, a long word. It is one of 20,405 12-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 28 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 28 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside heterozygous
Words you can make from the letters of heterozygous.
Solve a whole rack, not just HETEROZYGOUS
HETEROZYGOUS is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does HETEROZYGOUS mean?
HETEROZYGOUS is a adjective. It means: having dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci.
Is HETEROZYGOUS a valid word?
Yes, HETEROZYGOUS is a valid word. It scores 28 points in Scrabble and 28 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.