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Is leptotene a Scrabble word?

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

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Is leptotene a Scrabble UK word?

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

L1E1P3T1O1T1E1N1E1

Is leptotene a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word leptotene is a Words With Friends word. The word leptotene is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

LEPTOTENE,

8-letter words (1 found)

TENTPOLE,

7-letter words (2 found)

NOTELET,POTTEEN,

6-letter words (10 found)

ENTETE,LEPTON,NETTLE,PENTEL,PETTLE,POTEEN,POTENT,POTTLE,TELNET,TONLET,

5-letter words (16 found)

ELOPE,ELPEE,ETTLE,LENTO,LEONE,LOTTE,NEELE,NETOP,OLENT,PELON,PETTO,PLEON,TEENE,TENET,TEPEE,TOPEE,

4-letter words (48 found)

ENOL,EPEE,ETEN,LEEP,LEET,LENO,LENT,LEPT,LONE,LOPE,LOTE,NEEP,NETE,NETT,NOEL,NOLE,NOPE,NOTE,NOTT,OLPE,OPEN,PEEL,PEEN,PELE,PELT,PENE,PENT,PEON,PLOT,POET,POLE,POLT,PONE,PONT,POTE,POTT,TEEL,TEEN,TELE,TELT,TENE,TENT,TETE,TOLE,TOLT,TONE,TOPE,TOTE,

3-letter words (32 found)

EEL,EEN,ELT,ENE,EON,LEE,LEP,LET,LOP,LOT,NEE,NEP,NET,NOT,OLE,ONE,OPE,OPT,PEE,PEL,PEN,PET,POL,POT,TEE,TEL,TEN,TET,TOE,TON,TOP,TOT,

2-letter words (14 found)

EE,EL,EN,ET,LO,NE,NO,OE,ON,OP,PE,PO,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 125 words from leptotene according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of leptotene

leptotene

Etymology

From French leptotène, corresponding to lepto- (thin) (from Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós, “thin”)) + -tene (ribbon) (from ταινία (tainía, “band, fillet”)).

Coined by Hans von De Winiwarter in 1900 and in English by Edmund B. Wilson in 1912.

Noun

leptotene (plural leptotenes)

  1. (biology) The first part of the prophase of meiosis, characterized by threadlike chromosomes

Synonyms

  • leptonema

Derived terms

  • leptotenic

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Source: wiktionary.org