holotype

1. The single specimen or illustration designated as the type for naming a species or subspecies or used as the basis for naming a species or subspecies when no type has been selected. Also called type.

2. The single specimen designated by an author as the type of a species or lesser taxon at the time of establishing the group.

3. The type of a species or lesser taxon designated at a date later than that of establishing a group or by a person other than the author of the taxon.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
holotype	16	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
eh	5
el	2
et	2
he	5
ho	5
lo	2
oe	2
oh	5
op	4
oy	5
pe	4
po	4
te	2
to	2
ye	5
yo	5

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
eth	6
hep	8
het	6
hey	9
hoe	6
hoo	6
hop	8
hot	6
hoy	9
hyp	11
let	3
ley	6
loo	3
lop	5
lot	3
lye	6
oho	6
ole	3
ooh	6
oot	3
ope	5
opt	5
peh	8
pet	5
pho	8
pht	8
ply	8
poh	8
pol	5
poo	5
pot	5
pye	8
tel	3
the	6
tho	6
thy	9
toe	3
too	3
top	5
toy	6
tye	6
yeh	9
yep	8
yet	6

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
helo	7
help	9
hole	7
holo	7
holp	9
holt	7
holy	10
hoop	9
hoot	7
hope	9
hype	12
hypo	12
hyte	10
lept	6
loop	6
loot	4
lope	6
loth	7
loto	4
oleo	4
pelt	6
phot	9
plot	6
ploy	9
poet	6
pole	6
polo	6
poly	9
pooh	9
pool	6
they	10
tole	4
tool	4
tope	6
toph	9
topo	6
toyo	7
type	9
typo	9
yelp	9
pheo	9

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ethyl	11
helot	8
holey	11
hooey	11
hooly	11
hooty	11
hotel	8
hotly	11
hoyle	11
looey	8
loopy	10
photo	10
phyle	13
ploye	10
tepoy	10
thole	8
tophe	10

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
peyotl	11
phooey	14
phytol	14
ptooey	11

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
oophyte	15
pothole	12

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
holotype	16