CYTON is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CYTON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CYTON?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CYTON is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CYTON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cytonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CYTON scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CYTON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does CYTON mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The cell body of a nerve cell, containing the nucleus, as distinct from its branching extensions.
A cyton, also known as the perikaryon, houses the nucleus and most of the cell's protein-making machinery, while signals travel outward along the separate fibers called the axon and dendrites. Older anatomy and zoology textbooks favor the term cyton, while more recent medical writing tends to use perikaryon or simply cell body instead.
How CYTON is used
A specialist anatomical term, used mainly in histology and older physiology texts.
- The cyton contains the nucleus and most of the neuron's organelles.
- Under the microscope, the cyton appeared as a rounded swelling on the fiber.
- Textbooks sometimes label the cyton simply as the cell body.
- Damage to the cyton can affect the entire neuron's ability to function.
- The diagram marked the cyton, axon, and dendrites in different colors.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CYTON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CYTON
1 longer words begin with CYTON.
Shorter words from the letters in CYTON
Common questions about CYTON
- Is CYTON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CYTON, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CYTON worth?
- CYTON is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CYTON mean?
- The cell body of a nerve cell, containing the nucleus, as distinct from its branching extensions.
- What letters can be added to CYTON?
- CYTON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CYTON:
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