What does TRANSPLANT mean?

Pronunciation
/trænˈsplænt/
Letters
10
Scrabble score
12
Words With Friends score
16
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

verb

  1. lift and reset in another soil or situation“Transplant the young rice plants”
  2. be transplantable“These delicate plants do not transplant easily”
  3. place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
  4. transfer from one place or period to another“The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America”

noun

  1. (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
  2. an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)“he had a kidney transplant”
  3. the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location“the transplant did not flower until the second year”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

transplants13transplanted15

Anagrams of TRANSPLANT

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside TRANSPLANT

189 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

plants8apart7 pants7 parts7 plans7plant7 start5 trans5alan4anna4 arts4 last4 part6 past6 plan6 salt4 star4 trap6 art3 las3pan5 ran3sat3al2an2as2 at2 la2 na2pa4

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Questions

Is TRANSPLANT a valid word in word games?

TRANSPLANT is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is TRANSPLANT worth?

TRANSPLANT is worth 12 points with Scrabble letter values and 16 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from TRANSPLANT?

189 other words, including AS, AT, AN and LAST.