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10 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order
origin19th century: from German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”) (because they are stained under the microscope). Equivalent to chromo- + -some.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- homerooms 16
- homeroom 15
- moochers 15
- smoocher 15
- chromes 14
- chromos 14
- moocher 14
- mooches 14
- chemos 13
- chrome 13
- chromo 13
- hommos 13