lectotype
A biological specimen or illustration later selected to serve as definitive type example of a species or subspecies when the original author of the name did not designate a holotype.
Length
9
Scrabble
16
WWF
18
Starts
LE
Ends
YPE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “LECTOTYPE” Mean?
A biological specimen or illustration later selected to serve as definitive type example of a species or subspecies when the original author of the name did not designate a holotype.
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
A biological specimen or illustration later selected to serve as definitive type example of a species or subspecies when the original author of the name did not designate a holotype.
Length
9 letters
Starts With
L
Ends With
E
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
L, E, C, T, O, T, Y, P, E
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★LECTOTYPE has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆LECTOTYPE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆LECTOTYPE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆LECTOTYPE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABCDEDFGB
CV Pattern
CVCCVCCCV
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
LE, EC, CT, TO, OT, TY, YP, PE
Trigrams
LEC, ECT, CTO, TOT, OTY, TYP, YPE
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