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RECESSIVES

10 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What RECESSIVES Means

RECESSIVES is a form of RECESSIVE, which means:

  1. adjective: of or pertaining to a recession
  2. adjective: (of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical
  3. noun: an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

RECESSIVES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 E1 C3 E1 S1 S1 I1 V4 E1 S1.

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