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Is gamete a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gamete is a Scrabble US word. The word gamete is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

G2A1M3E1T1E1

Is gamete a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gamete is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

G2A1M3E1T1E1

Is gamete a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word gamete is a Words With Friends word. The word gamete is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

G3A1M4E1T1E1

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6-letter words (2 found)

GAMETE,METAGE,

5-letter words (1 found)

ETAGE,

4-letter words (17 found)

AGEE,EGMA,GAME,GATE,GEAT,GETA,MAGE,MATE,MEAT,MEET,MEGA,META,METE,TAME,TEAM,TEEM,TEME,

3-letter words (24 found)

AGE,AME,ATE,EAT,EME,ETA,GAE,GAM,GAT,GEE,GEM,GET,MAE,MAG,MAT,MEE,MEG,MET,TAE,TAG,TAM,TEA,TEE,TEG,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AG,AM,AT,EA,EE,EM,ET,MA,ME,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 57 words from gamete according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gamete

gamete

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γαμετή (gametḗ, “wife”), γαμέτης (gamétēs, “husband”), ultimately from γάμος (gámos, “marriage”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡæmiːt/
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Noun

gamete (plural gametes)

  1. (cytology) A reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes.
    Synonyms: sex cell, reproductive cell, germ cell
    Hyponyms: spermatozoon, sperm, ovum, egg; see also Thesaurus:gamete

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Anagrams

  • metage

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γαμέτης (gamétēs, “husband”), from γαμέω (gaméō, “I marry”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈmɛ.te/
  • Rhymes: -ɛte
  • Hyphenation: ga‧mè‧te

Noun

gamete m (plural gameti)

  1. (cytology) gamete

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Further reading

  • gamete in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • gamete in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • gamete in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • gamete in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • gamète in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • gamète in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • tegame

Source: wiktionary.org