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OPSONIN

7 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What OPSONIN Means

  1. noun: an antibody in blood serum that attaches to invading microorganisms and other antigens to make them more susceptible to the action of phagocytes

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

OPSONIN 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 O1 P3 S1 O1 N1 I1 N1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In OPSONIN

72 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 (3)

5 letter words (11)

4 letter words (19)

3 letter words (26)

2 letter words (13)

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