cladistics

1. A system of classification based on the phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of groups of organisms.

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1. A system of biological taxonomy that defines taxa uniquely by shared characteristics not found in ancestral groups and uses inferred evolutionary relationships to arrange taxa in a branching hierarchy such that all members of a given taxon have the same ancestors.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
cladistics	15	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ad	3
ai	2
al	2
as	2
at	2
da	3
id	3
is	2
it	2
la	2
li	2
si	2
ta	2
ti	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
act	5
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lac	5
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sac	5
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sal	3
sat	3
sic	5
sis	3
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tad	4
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tic	5
til	3
tis	3
ats	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
acid	7
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ilia	4
lacs	6
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talc	6
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tics	6
tils	4

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
acids	8
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asdic	8
cacti	9
cadis	8
caids	8
casts	7
cilia	7
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clads	8
class	7
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ictic	9
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lists	5
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salic	7
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sials	5
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sisal	5
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staid	6
tails	5
talcs	7
tical	7
tidal	6
tsadi	6

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
acidic	11
alcids	9
asdics	9
clasts	8
clitic	10
dicast	9
distal	7
distil	7
iliads	7
italic	8
lactic	10
sadist	7
scalds	9
sialic	8
sialid	7
silica	8
ticals	8
tsadis	7

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ascitic	11
cladist	10
classic	11
clastic	11
clitics	11
dialist	8
dicasts	10
distils	8
italics	9
scaldic	12
sciatic	11
sialids	8
silicas	9

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
cladists	11
clastics	12
dialists	9
dicastic	13
sadistic	11
sciatics	12

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
cladistic	14

10 Letters	Scrabble® Points
cladistics	15