What CISTRONS Means
CISTRONS is a form of CISTRON, which 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”
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What It Scores
CISTRONS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 I1 S1 T1 R1 O1 N1 S1.
Anagrams of CISTRONS (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In CISTRONS
205 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.
7 letter words (7)
6 letter words (21)
CITRONCORTININTROSNITROSORCINSROISTSROSINSROSITSROSTISSCIONSSCORNSSIROCSSNIRTSSNORTSSONICSSTOICSTOCSINTONICSTORICSTRONCSTSORIS
5 letter words (54)
CIONSCISTSCOINSCOIRSCOITSCORNICORNSCOSTSCRIOSCRITSCROSSCROSTICONSINTROIRONSNITRONOIRSNORISOINTSONTICORCINORNISRIOTSROINSROISTRONTSROSINROSITROSTIROSTSROTISSCIONSCORNSCOTSSIROCSNIRTSNITSSNORTSNOTSSONICSORNSSORTSSTIRSSTOICTIROSTONICTORCSTORICTORSITRINSTRIOSTROISTRONCTRONS
4 letter words (68)
CIONCISTCITOCITSCOINCOIRCOITCONICONSCORNCORSCOSSCOSTCOTSCRISCRITICONINROINTOIONSIRONISOSNITSNOIRNORIOINTONSTORCSORTSOTICRINSRIOTRITSROCSROINRONTROSTROTIROTSSCOTSICSSINSSIRSSISTSITSSNITSNOTSOCSSONSSORISORNSORTSOTSSRISSTIRTICSTINSTIROTOCSTONSTORCTORITORNTORSTOSSTRINTRIOTRON
3 letter words (41)
CISCITCONCORCOSCOTINSIONIOSISOITSNISNITNORNOSNOTOISONSORCORSORTRINRITROCROTSICSINSIRSISSITSOCSONSOSSOTSRITICTINTISTOCTONTOR
2 letter words (14)
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