heterosis

heterosis is a 9-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A figure of speech by which one form of a noun, verb, or pronoun, and the like, is used for another, as in the sentence: "What is life to such as me?". Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 11 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A figure of speech by which one form of a noun, verb, or pronoun, and the like, is used for another, as in the sentence: "What is life to such as me?"
2. noun. (genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in heterosis:

horseiest, isotheres, theorises

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