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RETROVIRUS

10 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What RETROVIRUS Means

  1. noun: any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

RETROVIRUS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 E1 T1 R1 O1 V4 I1 R1 U1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In RETROVIRUS

359 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.

9 letter words (1)

8 letter words (11)

7 letter words (29)

6 letter words (60)

5 letter words (89)

4 letter words (94)

3 letter words (54)

2 letter words (21)

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