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Is cytosine a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cytosine is a Scrabble US word. The word cytosine is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is cytosine a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cytosine is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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Is cytosine a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word cytosine is a Words With Friends word. The word cytosine is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

CYTOSINE,

7-letter words (5 found)

CYSTEIN,CYSTINE,NOTICES,SECTION,SOCIETY,

6-letter words (25 found)

CENTOS,CESTOI,CONEYS,CONIES,CONTES,COSINE,COTISE,COYEST,CYTONS,ENCYST,ICONES,INCEST,INSECT,NICEST,NICETY,NOETIC,NOTICE,OECIST,OSCINE,SCIENT,STONEY,TINSEY,TOCSIN,TONICS,TONIES,

5-letter words (67 found)

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4-letter words (100 found)

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3-letter words (67 found)

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2-letter words (23 found)

EN,ES,ET,IN,IO,IS,IT,NE,NO,NY,OE,OI,ON,OS,OY,SI,SO,ST,TE,TI,TO,YE,YO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 289 words from cytosine according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cytosine

cytosine

Etymology

After German Cytosin, equivalent to Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos) + -ine. Cytosine was discovered and named by the German biochemists Albrecht Kossel and Albert Neumann in 1894 when it was hydrolyzed from calf thymus tissues.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaɪtəsiːn/

Noun

cytosine (plural cytosines)

  1. (biochemistry) A heterocyclic base, 4-aminopyrimidin-2(1H)-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).
    Hypernyms: nucleobase, pyrimidine
    Coordinate terms: adenine, guanine, thymine, uracil

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