drosophila
/droʊ'sɑfələ/
noun
10 letters4 syllables16 points in Scrabble®17 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS1
NOUN
1
Small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance.
WORD FORMS
Starts withD
Ends withA
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®16 points
Words With Friends®17 points
Double word32 points
Triple word48 points
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Starts & ends withD … A
Syllablesdro · soph · i · la
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