CENTROMERE — 10 letter word
centromere
The word centromere has 10 letters: C, E, N, T, R, O, M, E, R, E. It contains 4 vowels and 6 consonants. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. As a noun, it means "a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape".
10 letter word "centromere": C E N T R O M E R E — noun
Scrabble score: 14 Words With Friends score: 17
Letter analysis of centromere
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
| E | 3 | Vowel | 1 |
| N | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| T | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| R | 2 | Consonant | 1 |
| O | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| M | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
4 vowels, 6 consonants, 7 unique letters
Definition of centromere
noun
- 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: kinetochore
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