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CYTOLYSIS

9 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What CYTOLYSIS Means

  1. noun: pathological breakdown of cells by the destruction of their outer membrane

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CYTOLYSIS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 Y4 T1 O1 L1 Y4 S1 I1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In CYTOLYSIS

136 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 (1)

7 letter words (2)

6 letter words (5)

5 letter words (30)

4 letter words (50)

3 letter words (34)

2 letter words (14)

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