drosophila
Drosophila can refer to small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance.
Length
10
Scrabble
16
WWF
17
Starts
DR
Ends
ILA
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “DROSOPHILA” Mean?
/dɹoʊˈsɑfələ/
drosophila has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 sensesmall fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance
Word Forms
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
10
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
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Definition
small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance
Length
10 letters
Starts With
D
Ends With
A
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Letters
D, R, O, S, O, P, H, I, L, A
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★DROSOPHILA has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆DROSOPHILA is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
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★★★☆☆DROSOPHILA can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 10-letter structure.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDCEFGHI
CV Pattern
CCVCVCCVCV
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
DR, RO, OS, SO, OP, PH, HI, IL, LA
Trigrams
DRO, ROS, OSO, SOP, OPH, PHI, HIL, ILA
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