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Is codon a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word codon is a Scrabble US word. The word codon is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

C3O1D2O1N1

Is codon a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word codon is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

C3O1D2O1N1

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Yes. The word codon is a Words With Friends word. The word codon is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4O1D2O1N2

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5-letter words (2 found)

CODON,CONDO,

4-letter words (4 found)

COND,COON,DOCO,DOON,

3-letter words (10 found)

COD,CON,COO,DOC,DON,DOO,NOD,NOO,ONO,OON,

2-letter words (5 found)

DO,NO,OD,ON,OO,

You can make 21 words from codon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of codon

codon ocdon cdoon dcoon odcon docon coodn ocodn coodn ocodn oocdn oocdn cdoon dcoon codon ocdon docon odcon odocn doocn oodcn oodcn doocn odocn codno ocdno cdono dcono odcno docno condo ocndo cnodo ncodo oncdo nocdo cdnoo dcnoo cndoo ncdoo dncoo ndcoo odnco donco ondco nodco dnoco ndoco coond ocond coond ocond oocnd oocnd conod ocnod cnood ncood oncod nocod conod ocnod cnood ncood oncod nocod ooncd ooncd onocd noocd onocd noocd cdono dcono codno ocdno docno odcno cdnoo dcnoo cndoo ncdoo dncoo ndcoo condo ocndo cnodo ncodo oncdo nocdo donco odnco dnoco ndoco ondco nodco odonc doonc oodnc oodnc doonc odonc odnoc donoc ondoc nodoc dnooc ndooc oondc oondc onodc noodc onodc noodc donoc odnoc dnooc ndooc ondoc nodoc

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word codon. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in codon.

Definitions and meaning of codon

codon

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkəʊdɒn/
  • Hyphenation: co‧don

Etymology 1

From Latin codon, from Ancient Greek κώδων (kṓdōn).

Noun

codon (plural codons)

  1. A handbell used for summoning monks.
  2. The "bell" or flaring mouth of a trumpet.

Etymology 2

From code +‎ -on.

Noun

codon (plural codons)

  1. (biochemistry) A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis or translation.
Hyponyms
  • anticodon
  • dicodon
  • homocodon
  • stop codon
  • start codon
  • tricodon
  • initiation codon
  • termination codon
Meronyms
  • nucleotide
Translations

References

Anagrams

  • Condo, Condo., condo, no-doc

French

Etymology

From English.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.dɔ̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Noun

codon m (plural codons)

  1. (biochemistry) codon

Anagrams

  • condo

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κώδων (kṓdōn).

Noun

cōdōn ? (genitive cōdōnis); third declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) codon: a handbell used for summoning monks.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

  • “codon”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “codon”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • “codon”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkɔdɔn/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkoːdɔn/, /ˈkɔdɔn/

Verb

codon

  1. first-person plural preterite of codi
  2. third-person plural preterite of codi

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