What CISTRON Means
- noun: (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity“genes were formerly called factors”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CISTRON is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 I1 S1 T1 R1 O1 N1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of CISTRON (3)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In CISTRON
162 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 (9)
5 letter words (44)
CIONSCOINSCOIRSCOITSCORNICORNSCRIOSCRITSCROSTICONSINTROIRONSNITRONOIRSNORISOINTSONTICORCINORNISRIOTSROINSROISTRONTSROSINROSITROSTIROTISSCIONSCORNSIROCSNIRTSNORTSONICSTOICTIROSTONICTORCSTORICTORSITRINSTRIOSTROISTRONCTRONS
4 letter words (56)
CIONCISTCITOCITSCOINCOIRCOITCONICONSCORNCORSCOSTCOTSCRISCRITICONINROINTOIONSIRONNITSNOIRNORIOINTONSTORCSORTSOTICRINSRIOTRITSROCSROINRONTROSTROTIROTSSCOTSNITSNOTSORISORNSORTSTIRTICSTINSTIROTOCSTONSTORCTORITORNTORSTRINTRIOTRON
3 letter words (39)
CISCITCONCORCOSCOTINSIONIOSISOITSNISNITNORNOSNOTOISONSORCORSORTRINRITROCROTSICSINSIRSITSOCSONSOTSRITICTINTISTOCTONTOR
2 letter words (14)
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