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Is histone a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word histone is a Scrabble US word. The word histone is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

H4I1S1T1O1N1E1

Is histone a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word histone is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

H4I1S1T1O1N1E1

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7-letter words (2 found)

ETHIONS,HISTONE,

6-letter words (8 found)

ETHION,ETHNOS,HONEST,HOSTIE,SITHEN,THEINS,TONIES,TONISH,

5-letter words (39 found)

EOSIN,ETHOS,HEIST,HENTS,HINTS,HOISE,HOIST,HONES,HOSEN,HOTEN,INSET,NEIST,NITES,NOISE,NOTES,OINTS,ONSET,SENTI,SETON,SHENT,SHINE,SHITE,SHONE,SHOTE,SIENT,SIETH,SITHE,STEIN,STENO,STONE,TEINS,THEIN,THENS,THINE,THINS,THOSE,TINES,TOISE,TONES,

4-letter words (72 found)

EISH,ENTS,EONS,ETHS,HENS,HENT,HEST,HETS,HIES,HINS,HINT,HISN,HIST,HITS,HOES,HOIS,HONE,HONS,HOSE,HOST,HOTE,HOTS,INTO,IONS,NESH,NEST,NETS,NIES,NISH,NITE,NITS,NOES,NOSE,NOSH,NOTE,OINT,ONES,ONIE,ONST,SENT,SHEN,SHET,SHIN,SHIT,SHOE,SHOT,SIEN,SINE,SINH,SITE,SITH,SNIT,SNOT,SONE,SOTH,STEN,STIE,TEIN,TENS,THEN,THIN,THIO,THIS,THON,TIES,TINE,TINS,TOES,TONE,TONS,TOSE,TOSH,

3-letter words (56 found)

EHS,ENS,EON,EST,ETH,HEN,HES,HET,HIE,HIN,HIS,HIT,HOE,HOI,HON,HOS,HOT,INS,ION,IOS,ISH,ISO,ITS,NET,NIE,NIS,NIT,NOH,NOS,NOT,NTH,OES,OHS,OIS,ONE,ONS,OSE,SEI,SEN,SET,SHE,SHO,SIN,SIT,SOH,SON,SOT,TEN,TES,THE,THO,TIE,TIN,TIS,TOE,TON,

2-letter words (25 found)

EH,EN,ES,ET,HE,HI,HO,IN,IO,IS,IT,NE,NO,OE,OH,OI,ON,OS,SH,SI,SO,ST,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 203 words from histone according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of histone

histone

Etymology

Borrowed from German Histon, perhaps from Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi, “make stand”) or ἱστός (histós, “loom”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɪstəʊn/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɪstoʊn/

Noun

histone (plural histones)

  1. (biochemistry) Any of various simple water-soluble proteins that are rich in the basic amino acids lysine and arginine and are complexed with DNA in the nucleosomes of eukaryotic chromatin.

Derived terms

  • histone deacetylase

Translations

Anagrams

  • Hinotes, noiseth, thiones, this one

French

Pronunciation

Noun

histone f (plural histones)

  1. (biochemistry) histone

Further reading

  • “histone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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