drosophila

NOUN /droʊ'sɑfələ/

10 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH D

drosophila is a valid 10-letter word worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS

D2R1O1S1O1P3H4I1L1A1

2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 =16 PTS

DOUBLE WORD → 32TRIPLE WORD → 48

MEANING

What does drosophila mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE

Small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance.

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