telomere

NOUN
8 LETTERS · STARTS WITH T

telomere is a valid 8-letter word worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
T1E1L1O1M3E1R1E1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 =10 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 20TRIPLE WORD → 30
MEANING

What does telomere mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

Either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome.

“telomeres act as caps to keep the sticky ends of chromosomes from randomly clumping together”