CYTOSOLIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CYTOSOLIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CYTOSOLIC?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CYTOSOLIC is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CYTOSOLIC
No single letter turns CYTOSOLIC into another word.
How CYTOSOLIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CYTOSOLIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CYTOSOLIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CYTOSOLIC
- CYTOSOLIC begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CYTOSOLIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to the cytosol, the watery fluid that fills a cell outside its membrane-bound structures.
Cytosolic describes things found or happening in the liquid part of the cytoplasm, rather than inside organelles. Biologists use it to say where a protein or reaction is located. The contrast is often with mitochondrial or nuclear.
How CYTOSOLIC is used
Used in cell biology and biochemistry, typically before nouns such as enzyme, protein or calcium.
- The enzyme is cytosolic and never enters the nucleus.
- A rise in cytosolic calcium triggers the muscle response.
- They compared cytosolic and mitochondrial forms of the protein.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CYTOSOLIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CYTOSOLIC
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Common questions about CYTOSOLIC
- Is CYTOSOLIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CYTOSOLIC, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CYTOSOLIC worth?
- CYTOSOLIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CYTOSOLIC mean?
- Relating to the cytosol, the watery fluid that fills a cell outside its membrane-bound structures.
- What letters can be added to CYTOSOLIC?
- No single letter can be added to CYTOSOLIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CYTOSOLIC:
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