ballistic fingerprinting

NOUN
24 LETTERS · STARTS WITH B

ballistic fingerprinting is a valid 24-letter word worth 34 points in Scrabble and 44 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
B3A1L1L1I1S1T1I1C3F4I1N1G2E1R1P3R1I1N1T1I1N1G2
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 0 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 =34 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 68TRIPLE WORD → 102
MEANING

What does ballistic fingerprinting mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

Identification of the gun that fired a bullet from an analysis of the unique marks that every gun makes on the bullet it fires and on the shell ejected from it.