preformation

NOUN
12 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH P

preformation is a valid 12-letter word worth 19 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
P3R1E1F4O1R1M3A1T1I1O1N1
3 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =19 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 38TRIPLE WORD → 57
MEANING

What does preformation mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

A theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell.

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