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DIPLOIDS

8 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What DIPLOIDS Means

DIPLOIDS is a form of DIPLOID, which means:

  1. noun: (genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell; i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number
  2. adjective: of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number“diploid somatic cells”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DIPLOIDS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 I1 P3 L1 O1 I1 D2 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In DIPLOIDS

104 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

7 letter words (2)

6 letter words (4)

5 letter words (16)

4 letter words (34)

3 letter words (33)

2 letter words (15)

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