DYSTROPHIN is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. DYSTROPHIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DYSTROPHIN?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DYSTROPHIN is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DYSTROPHIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dystrophinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DYSTROPHIN scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DYSTROPHIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DYSTROPHIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DYSTROPHIN
- All 10 letters of DYSTROPHIN are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DYSTROPHIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A protein in muscle fibres that helps keep the muscle cells intact, missing in people with muscular dystrophy.
Dystrophin acts like a shock absorber inside muscle cells, linking the inner skeleton of the cell to its outer wall. When the gene for it is faulty, muscles gradually weaken, which is the basis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
How DYSTROPHIN is used
A medical and biological term used in research on muscle disease.
- Dystrophin is absent in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
- The gene therapy aims to restore dystrophin in muscle.
- A blood test measured the level of dystrophin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DYSTROPHIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DYSTROPHIN
1 longer words begin with DYSTROPHIN.
Shorter words from the letters in DYSTROPHIN
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Common questions about DYSTROPHIN
- Is DYSTROPHIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DYSTROPHIN, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DYSTROPHIN worth?
- DYSTROPHIN is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DYSTROPHIN mean?
- A protein in muscle fibres that helps keep the muscle cells intact, missing in people with muscular dystrophy.
- What letters can be added to DYSTROPHIN?
- DYSTROPHIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DYSTROPHIN:
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