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NUCLEASE

8 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What NUCLEASE Means

  1. noun: general term for enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleic acid by cleaving chains of nucleotides into smaller units

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

NUCLEASE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 U1 C3 L1 E1 A1 S1 E1.

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