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RIBOSOME

8 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What RIBOSOME Means

  1. noun: an organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell; they attach to mRNA and move down it one codon at a time and then stop until tRNA brings the required amino acid; when it reaches a stop codon it falls apart and releases the completed protein molecule for use by the cell“the ribosome is the site of protein synthesis”

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What It Scores

RIBOSOME is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 I1 B3 O1 S1 O1 M3 E1.

Anagrams of RIBOSOME (1)

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

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