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CYSTEINES

9 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What CYSTEINES Means

CYSTEINES is a form of CYSTEINE, which means:

  1. noun: an amino acid containing sulfur that is found in most proteins; oxidizes on exposure to air to form cystine

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CYSTEINES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 Y4 S1 T1 E1 I1 N1 E1 S1.

Anagrams of CYSTEINES (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In CYSTEINES

262 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.

8 letter words (5)

7 letter words (9)

6 letter words (29)

5 letter words (71)

4 letter words (87)

3 letter words (47)

2 letter words (14)

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