Definitions For Supercoil

Verb

{{en-verb}} (genetics) To twist circular DNA into a #noun, supercoil

Noun

SUPERCOIL (plural SUPERCOILs) (genetics) A coil of the dna helix upon itself, such as a figure eight.

Related terms

supercoiling

See also

topoisomerase {{pedialite, DNA supercoil}}

Etymology

super + coil

Anagrams

Lupercios, superloci

Is Supercoil a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
17

The word Supercoil is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

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