meiosis
Meiosis can refer to understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary) or (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants).
Length
7
Scrabble
9
WWF
10
Starts
ME
Ends
SIS
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “MEIOSIS” Mean?
/maɪˈəʊsɪs/
meiosis has 2 documented senses across noun.
Noun
2 senses(genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)
Synonyms
understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
“saying ‘I was not a little upset’ when you mean ‘I was very upset’ is an example of litotes”
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
7
Vowels
4
Consonants
3
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Definition
(genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)
Length
7 letters
Starts With
M
Ends With
S
Vowels
4
Consonants
3
Letters
M, E, I, O, S, I, S
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★★★☆☆MEIOSIS has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆MEIOSIS 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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★★★☆☆MEIOSIS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
M
Letter Pattern
ABCDECE
CV Pattern
CVVVCVC
Vowel Share
57%
Consonant Share
43%
Bigrams
ME, EI, IO, OS, SI, IS
Trigrams
MEI, EIO, IOS, OSI, SIS
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