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COSMIDS

7 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What COSMIDS Means

COSMIDS is a form of COSMID, which means:

  1. noun: (genetics) a large vector that is made from a bacteriophage and used to clone genes or gene fragments

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

COSMIDS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 O1 S1 M3 I1 D2 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In COSMIDS

85 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 (4)

5 letter words (9)

4 letter words (28)

3 letter words (31)

2 letter words (13)

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.