INTRONIC is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. INTRONIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INTRONIC?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INTRONIC is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INTRONIC
No single letter turns INTRONIC into another word.
How INTRONIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in INTRONIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INTRONIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INTRONIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Of or relating to an intron, a stretch of a gene that does not code for protein.
Geneticists talk about intronic regions, intronic mutations and intronic sequences. These stretches are cut out before the final message is read.
How INTRONIC is used
Intronic is a molecular-biology adjective, the counterpart of exonic.
- The mutation lay in an intronic part of the gene.
- Researchers mapped each intronic segment of the sample.
- An intronic change may still affect how splicing works.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INTRONIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in INTRONIC
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Common questions about INTRONIC
- Is INTRONIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INTRONIC, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INTRONIC worth?
- INTRONIC is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INTRONIC mean?
- Of or relating to an intron, a stretch of a gene that does not code for protein.
- What letters can be added to INTRONIC?
- No single letter can be added to INTRONIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of INTRONIC:
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