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Is cultigen a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cultigen is a Scrabble US word. The word cultigen is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is cultigen a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cultigen is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Yes. The word cultigen is a Words With Friends word. The word cultigen is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

CULTIGEN,

7-letter words (6 found)

CLUEING,CUTLINE,ELUTING,LINECUT,LUCIGEN,TUNICLE,

6-letter words (24 found)

CLIENT,CLUING,CUEING,ENGILT,ENGLUT,GENTIL,GLUTEI,GLUTEN,GUNITE,INCULT,LECTIN,LENTIC,LEUCIN,LUCENT,LUCITE,LUETIC,LUITEN,LUNGIE,LUTEIN,LUTING,NUCLEI,TINGLE,UNGILT,UNTILE,

5-letter words (46 found)

CENTU,CLINE,CLING,CLINT,CLUNG,CUING,CULET,CULTI,CUNEI,CUNIT,CUTIE,CUTIN,ELINT,ENLIT,GENIC,GILET,GLENT,GLINT,GLUTE,GUILE,GUILT,GULET,INCEL,INCLE,INCUT,INGLE,INLET,INTEL,LEGIT,LENTI,LIGNE,LUNET,LUNGE,LUNGI,TELIC,TINGE,TUILE,TUNIC,UNCLE,UNGET,UNITE,UNLET,UNLIT,UNTIE,UNTIL,UTILE,

4-letter words (62 found)

CEIL,CELT,CENT,CIEL,CINE,CITE,CLEG,CLIT,CLUE,CUIT,CULT,CUNT,CUTE,ETIC,ETUI,GEIT,GELT,GENT,GENU,GIEN,GILT,GITE,GLEI,GLEN,GLIT,GLUE,GLUT,GULE,IGLU,LENG,LENT,LICE,LIEN,LIEU,LINE,LING,LINT,LITE,LITU,LUCE,LUGE,LUIT,LUNE,LUNG,LUNT,LUTE,NICE,NITE,TEGU,TEIL,TEIN,TICE,TIGE,TILE,TINE,TING,TULE,TUNE,TUNG,UNCE,UNCI,UNIT,

3-letter words (53 found)

CEL,CIG,CIT,CUE,CUT,ECU,ELT,ENG,GEL,GEN,GET,GIE,GIN,GIT,GNU,GUE,GUL,GUN,GUT,ICE,ING,LEG,LEI,LET,LEU,LIE,LIG,LIN,LIT,LUG,LUN,NEG,NET,NIE,NIL,NIT,NUG,NUT,TEC,TEG,TEL,TEN,TIC,TIE,TIG,TIL,TIN,TUG,TUI,TUN,ULE,UNI,UTE,

2-letter words (15 found)

EL,EN,ET,GI,GU,IN,IT,LI,NE,NU,TE,TI,UG,UN,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 208 words from cultigen according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cultigen

cultigen

Etymology

culti(vated) +‎ -gen or from Latin cultus (“cultivated”) +‎ gēns (“kind”). Coined by American botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1918.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkʌltɪdʒɛn/, /ˈkʌltɪdʒən/

Noun

cultigen (plural cultigens)

  1. (botany, horticulture) A plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans, that is it has resulted from artificial rather than natural selection. [from 1918]
    Synonym: anthropogenic plant
    Antonym: indigen

Usage notes

Cultigen and cultivar may be confused with one another. Cultigen is a general-purpose term while cultivar is a formal classification category in the ICNCP (“International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants”). In practice most cultigens are cultivars.

Hyponyms

  • (plant selected by humans): cultivar

Derived terms

  • cultigenous

See also

  • indigen

References

  • Bailey, L.H. 1918. The indigen and cultigen. Science ser. 2, 47:306-308
  • Spencer, R.D. and Cross, R.G. 2007. The cultigen. Taxon 56(3):938-940

Further reading

  • cultigen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “cultigen”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Source: wiktionary.org