epistasis
Epistasis can refer to the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene.
Length
9
Scrabble
11
WWF
12
Starts
EP
Ends
SIS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “EPISTASIS” Mean?
/ɪˈpɪstəsɪs/
epistasis has 1 documented sense across noun.
Noun
1 sensethe suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene
Synonyms
Synonyms for EPISTASIS
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene
Length
9 letters
Starts With
E
Ends With
S
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
E, P, I, S, T, A, S, I, S
Use Case
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Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆EPISTASIS has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆EPISTASIS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆EPISTASIS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆EPISTASIS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
3
Highest Value Letter
P
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFDCD
CV Pattern
VCVCCVCVC
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
EP, PI, IS, ST, TA, AS, SI, IS
Trigrams
EPI, PIS, IST, STA, TAS, ASI, SIS
Crossword Intelligence
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