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CLADISTICS

10 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What CLADISTICS Means

  1. noun: a taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relations

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CLADISTICS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 L1 A1 D2 I1 S1 T1 I1 C3 S1.

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