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Is zygotene a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word zygotene is a Scrabble US word. The word zygotene is worth 21 points in Scrabble:

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Is zygotene a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word zygotene is a Scrabble UK word and has 21 points:

Z10Y4G2O1T1E1N1E1

Is zygotene a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word zygotene is a Words With Friends word. The word zygotene is worth 22 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

ZYGOTENE,

6-letter words (1 found)

ZYGOTE,

5-letter words (9 found)

GENET,GENTY,GOETY,TEENY,TENGE,TONEY,YENTE,YOGEE,ZYGON,

4-letter words (28 found)

ETEN,EYEN,EYNE,EYOT,GEEZ,GENE,GENT,GOEY,GONE,GYNO,GYTE,NETE,NOTE,OGEE,OYEZ,TEEN,TENE,TOEY,TOGE,TONE,TONG,TONY,TOZE,TYEE,TYNE,YGOE,YONT,ZONE,

3-letter words (41 found)

EEN,EGO,ENE,ENG,EON,EYE,GEE,GEN,GEO,GET,GEY,GOE,GON,GOT,GOY,NEE,NEG,NET,NOG,NOT,NOY,NYE,ONE,ONY,OYE,TEE,TEG,TEN,TOE,TOG,TON,TOY,TYE,TYG,YEN,YET,YEZ,YGO,YON,ZEE,ZEN,

2-letter words (16 found)

EE,EN,ET,GO,NE,NO,NY,OE,ON,OY,TE,TO,YE,YO,ZE,ZO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 97 words from zygotene according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of zygotene

zygotene

Etymology

From French zygotène, corresponding to zyg- 'union, zygosis' (from Ancient Greek ζυγόν (zugón, “junction, yoke”)) + -tene 'filament' (from ταινία (tainía, “band, fillet”)).

Coined by Victor Grégoire in 1907 and in English by Edmund B. Wilson in 1912.

Noun

zygotene (plural zygotenes)

  1. (biology) The intimate pairing of homologous chromosomes during the synaptic stage of meiosis

Synonyms

  • zygonema

Related terms

  • zygose
  • zygosis
  • zygosity
  • zygosphere
  • zygospore
  • zygotenic
  • zygotic
  • zygotically
  • -zygous
  • heterozygosis

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Source: wiktionary.org