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CYSTINE

7 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What CYSTINE Means

  1. noun: a crystalline amino acid found in proteins (especially keratin); discovered in bladder stones

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CYSTINE 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 Y4 S1 T1 I1 N1 E1.

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

Anagrams of CYSTINE (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

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