NEOTENY — 7 letter word
neoteny
The word neoteny has 7 letters: N, E, O, T, E, N, Y. It contains 3 vowels and 4 consonants. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. As a noun, it means "an evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage and juvenile characteristics are retained in adults of the species".
7 letter word "neoteny": N E O T E N Y — noun
Scrabble score: 10 Words With Friends: 11
Letter Analysis of neoteny
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| N | 2 | Consonant | 1 |
| E | 2 | Vowel | 1 |
| O | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| T | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| Y | 1 | Consonant | 4 |
3 vowels, 4 consonants, 5 unique letters
Definition of neoteny
noun
- an evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage and juvenile characteristics are retained in adults of the species