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Is allel a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word allel is a Scrabble US word. The word allel is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is allel a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word allel is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

ALLEL,

4-letter words (2 found)

LALL,LEAL,

3-letter words (4 found)

ALE,ALL,ELL,LEA,

2-letter words (5 found)

AE,AL,EA,EL,LA,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 13 words from allel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of allel

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Definitions and meaning of allel

allel

Noun

allel (plural allels)

  1. Archaic form of allele.
    • 1938, United States. National Resources Committee, Reports (issue 2, page 154)
      Hence the female sex-chromosomes have a pair of normal allels for all the sex-determining factors borne in them, while the y-chromosome of the male lacks most of these allels, including the x-chromosomal sex-factors.

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

allel (strong nominative masculine singular alleler, not comparable)

  1. allelic
  2. allelomorphic

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Clipping of allelomorf, coined by English biologists William Bateson and Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1902. Ultimately from the Ancient Greek prefix ἀλληλ- (allēl-) from ἄλλος (állos, “other”).

Adjective

allel (neuter allelt, definite singular and plural allele, comparative allelare, indefinite superlative allelast, definite superlative allelaste)

  1. (genetics) allelic, allelomorphic

Noun

allel n (definite singular allelet, indefinite plural allel, definite plural allela)

  1. (genetics) allele

References

  • “allel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French allèle, from Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων (allḗlōn). First attested in 1936.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈal.lɛl/
  • Rhymes: -allɛl
  • Syllabification: al‧lel

Noun

allel m inan

  1. (biology) allele
    Synonym: allelomorf

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Further reading

  • allel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Source: wiktionary.org