EXONIC is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. EXONIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EXONIC?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EXONIC is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EXONIC
No single letter turns EXONIC into another word.
How EXONIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in EXONIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does EXONIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to an exon, a part of a gene that carries code for making protein.
Exonic regions stay in the final messenger RNA after the non-coding stretches are cut out. A change in an exonic sequence can alter the protein that the cell builds.
How EXONIC is used
Exonic is a genetics term, usually set against intronic.
- The mutation lies in an exonic region of the gene.
- Researchers sequenced the exonic DNA of each patient.
- An exonic variant changed a single amino acid.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EXONIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EXONIC
Common questions about EXONIC
- Is EXONIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EXONIC, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EXONIC worth?
- EXONIC is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EXONIC mean?
- Relating to an exon, a part of a gene that carries code for making protein.
- What letters can be added to EXONIC?
- No single letter can be added to EXONIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of EXONIC:
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