p 3 a 1 c 3 h 4 y 4 t 1 e 1 n 1 e 1
9 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the third stage of the prophase of meiosis
originFrom French pachytène, equivalent to pachy- (“thick”) + -tene (“ribbon”). Coined by Hans von De Winiwarter in 1900 and in English by Edmund B. Wilson in 1912.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- eyepatch 18
- patchy 16
- peachy 16
- chantey 15
- phytane 15
- cheapen 14
- patency 14
- tepache 14
- chanty 14
- ectype 13
- hepcat 13
- pechan 13