CODON is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CODON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CODON?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CODON is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CODON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
codonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CODON scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CODON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 56,018.
What does CODON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A sequence of three nucleotides in DNA or RNA that specifies a particular amino acid or a stop signal during protein synthesis.
Each codon is read by the cell's protein-building machinery as an instruction, either naming one of the twenty amino acids to add to a growing chain or telling the process to stop. Because there are sixty-four possible codons but only twenty amino acids, several different codons can specify the same amino acid, a property called redundancy. The full set of rules linking codons to amino acids is known as the genetic code.
How CODON is used
Technical noun from molecular biology; always discussed in groups of three nucleotides, never singly.
- The mutation changed a single codon in the gene.
- Each codon corresponds to one amino acid or a stop signal.
- Students memorized which codon codes for methionine.
- A single letter change can turn one codon into another.
- Ribosomes read the messenger RNA one codon at a time.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CODON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CODON
The 5 tiles of CODON in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CODON
1 longer words begin with CODON.
Words ending in CODON
1 words end in CODON. Useful as a back hook: play CODON onto a word already on the board.
Words with CODON inside
9 words contain CODON in the middle. Words that start with CODON are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CODON
Common questions about CODON
- Is CODON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CODON, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CODON worth?
- CODON is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CODON mean?
- A sequence of three nucleotides in DNA or RNA that specifies a particular amino acid or a stop signal during protein synthesis.
- What letters can be added to CODON?
- CODON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CODON:
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