TRANSPOSON — 10 letter word
transposon
The word transposon has 10 letters: T, R, A, N, S, P, O, S, O, N. It contains 3 vowels and 7 consonants. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. As a noun, it means "a segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole)".
10 letter word "transposon": T R A N S P O S O N — noun
Scrabble score: 12 Words With Friends: 15
Letter Analysis of transposon
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| T | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| R | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| A | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| N | 2 | Consonant | 1 |
| S | 2 | Consonant | 1 |
| P | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
| O | 2 | Vowel | 1 |
3 vowels, 7 consonants, 7 unique letters
Definition of transposon
noun
- a segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole) Synonyms: jumping gene