AUTOCRINE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. AUTOCRINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AUTOCRINE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AUTOCRINE is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUTOCRINE
No single letter turns AUTOCRINE into another word.
How AUTOCRINE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in AUTOCRINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AUTOCRINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about AUTOCRINE
- All 9 letters of AUTOCRINE are different — nothing repeats.
- AUTOCRINE contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
- The same 9 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AUTOCRINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Describing a substance that a cell releases and that then acts on the very same cell.
Autocrine signalling is a loop in which the sender is also the receiver. It stands beside paracrine signalling, where the message reaches neighbouring cells instead.
How AUTOCRINE is used
Autocrine is a biology term used for cell signalling, often in cancer and immune research.
- The tumour cell relied on an autocrine growth signal.
- Autocrine signalling lets a cell stimulate itself.
- The textbook compared autocrine and paracrine messages.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUTOCRINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AUTOCRINE
The 9 tiles of AUTOCRINE in a different order — 3 found.
Shorter words from the letters in AUTOCRINE
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Common questions about AUTOCRINE
- Is AUTOCRINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUTOCRINE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUTOCRINE worth?
- AUTOCRINE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUTOCRINE mean?
- Describing a substance that a cell releases and that then acts on the very same cell.
- What letters can be added to AUTOCRINE?
- No single letter can be added to AUTOCRINE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of AUTOCRINE:
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