Is CIS a Scrabble word?
Yes. CIS is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends.
Meaning Having two mutations on two genes on the same chromosome of a homologous pair.
Adjective 4 meanings
Having two mutations on two genes on the same chromosome of a homologous pair.
Of the side of the Golgi apparatus nearer to the endoplasmic reticulum.
In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the same side of the bond.
In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a coordination compound in which the two instances of a particular ligand are adjacent to each other.
“The cis effect is the labilization of ligands which are cis to certain other ligands.”
Etymology
From Latin cis (“on this side (of), on the near or same side”). Doublet of he, it, here, hither, and hence.
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CIS at a glance
CIS has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (C 3 + I 1 + S 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #12,900 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -CIS
More endings- PROBOSCIS15
- PRECIS10
- GLACIS9
- LOCIS7
- CERCIS10
- FASCIS11
- BOCCIS12
- BONACIS11
- PROMUSCIS15
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