heterozygous
Heterozygous is also used as adjective, with meanings including having dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci.
Length
12
Scrabble
28
WWF
28
Starts
HE
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “HETEROZYGOUS” Mean?
heterozygous has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 sensehaving dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci
“heterozygous for eye color”
Scrabble Score
28
Letters
12
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
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Definition
having dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci
Length
12 letters
Starts With
H
Ends With
S
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Letters
H, E, T, E, R, O, Z, Y, G, O, U, S
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
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Wordle Strategy
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Crossword Strategy
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Unique Letters
10
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
Z
Letter Pattern
ABCBDEFGHEIJ
CV Pattern
CVCVCVCCCVVC
Vowel Share
42%
Consonant Share
58%
Bigrams
HE, ET, TE, ER, RO, OZ, ZY, YG, GO, OU, US
Trigrams
HET, ETE, TER, ERO, ROZ, OZY, ZYG, YGO, GOU, OUS
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