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BIOCHIP

7 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What BIOCHIP Means

  1. noun: a microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time; intended for use in a biological environment

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BIOCHIP is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 I1 O1 C3 H4 I1 P3.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 66 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In BIOCHIP

39 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

6 letter words (2)

4 letter words (4)

3 letter words (21)

2 letter words (12)

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