12-Letter Words Starting With HETERO
- 59 words
- All English dictionaries
- Scrabble points
Popular 12-Letter Words Starting With HETERO
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 12-Letter Words Starting With HETERO 59 words
How common is HETERO at the start of twelve-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 59 twelve-letter words that start with HETERO. They average 19.7 points, the best is HETEROZYGOTE (28 points) and 50.8% end in S.
- Total words
- 59
- Average Scrabble score
- 19.7
- out of 28 max
- Everyday words
- 2%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common ending
- S
- 50.8% of words
Most common last letters
- s 50.8%
- y 16.9%
- l 6.8%
Top vowel pairs
- ou22%
- ie13.6%
- ia11.9%
Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.
Rare words worth knowing
Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.
Highest-scoring twelve-letter word that starts with HETERO
h 4e 1t 1e 1r 1o 1z 10y 4g 2o 1t 1e 1
H 4 + E 1 + T 1 + E 1 + R 1 + O 1 + Z 10 + Y 4 + G 2 + O 1 + T 1 + E 1 = 28 points
- Double word
- 56 pts
- Triple word
- 84 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
heterozygote
- noun(genetics) an organism having two different alleles of a particular gene and so giving rise to varying offspring
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How many twelve-letter words that start with HETERO are there?
There are 59 twelve-letter words that start with HETERO in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.
What is the highest-scoring twelve-letter word that starts with HETERO?
HETEROZYGOTE is worth 28 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are HETEROZYGOUS (28), HETEROPHYLLY (26), HETERODUPLEX (25).
Which rare twelve-letter words that start with HETERO score well?
Uncommon but valid choices include HETEROPHYLLY (26), HETERODUPLEX (25), HETEROMORPHY (25), HETEROSEXISM (24). Few players know them, so they can catch an opponent off guard.