centromere

NOUN /sɛntrə,mir/

10 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH C

centromere is a valid 10-letter word worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS

C3E1N1T1R1O1M3E1R1E1

3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 =14 PTS

DOUBLE WORD → 28TRIPLE WORD → 42

MEANING

What does centromere mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE

A specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape.

“the centromere is difficult to sequence”

SYNONYMS

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