MUTON is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. MUTON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MUTON?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MUTON is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MUTON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mutonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MUTON scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MUTON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What stands out about MUTON
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MUTON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalhistorical
In classical genetics, the smallest unit of genetic material capable of undergoing a distinct mutation, usually a single pair of nucleotides.
Muton was coined by the geneticist Seymour Benzer in the 1950s, alongside the related terms recon and cistron, to describe the smallest piece of DNA whose change could produce a new mutation. Later molecular biology showed that this smallest unit is essentially a single nucleotide pair, so the term is now mostly of historical interest in textbooks tracing the development of genetics.
How MUTON is used
Technical and largely historical term from classical genetics, rarely used in current research writing.
- The textbook explains muton alongside the older ideas of recon and cistron.
- A single nucleotide pair can act as a muton in classical genetic theory.
- Benzer proposed the muton to mark the smallest unit of mutation.
- Students studying the history of genetics still learn what a muton is.
- The lecture traced how the muton concept shaped early gene mapping.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MUTON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MUTON
The 5 tiles of MUTON in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with MUTON
1 longer words begin with MUTON.
Shorter words from the letters in MUTON
Common questions about MUTON
- Is MUTON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MUTON, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MUTON worth?
- MUTON is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MUTON mean?
- In classical genetics, the smallest unit of genetic material capable of undergoing a distinct mutation, usually a single pair of nucleotides.
- What letters can be added to MUTON?
- MUTON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MUTON:
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