anticodon

1. A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides in transfer RNA that binds to a corresponding codon in messenger RNA and designates a specific amino acid during protein synthesis.

2. A triplet of nucleotide bases in transfer RNA that identifies the amino acid carried and binds to a complementary codon in messenger RNA during protein synthesis at a ribosome.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
anticodon	12	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ad	3
ai	2
an	2
at	2
da	3
do	3
id	3
in	2
it	2
na	2
no	2
od	3
oi	2
on	2
ta	2
ti	2
to	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
act	5
ado	4
aid	4
ain	3
ait	3
and	4
ani	3
ant	3
cad	6
can	5
cat	5
cod	6
con	5
coo	5
cot	5
dan	4
din	4
dit	4
doc	6
don	4
dot	4
inn	3
ion	3
nan	3
nit	3
nod	4
noo	3
not	3
oat	3
oca	5
oda	4
ono	3
oot	3
tad	4
tan	3
tao	3
tic	5
tin	3
tod	4
ton	3
too	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
acid	7
adit	5
anon	4
anti	4
cadi	7
caid	7
cain	6
cant	6
ciao	6
cion	6
coat	6
coda	7
coin	6
coni	6
conn	6
coon	6
coot	6
dato	5
dino	5
dint	5
dita	5
doat	5
doit	5
dona	5
icon	6
into	4
iota	4
nano	4
naoi	4
nodi	5
nona	4
noni	4
noon	4
nota	4
odic	7
onto	4
otic	6
taco	6
tain	4
tian	4
toad	5
toco	6
toon	4

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
actin	7
ancon	7
anion	5
antic	7
canid	8
canon	7
canto	7
cnida	8
coati	7
codon	8
condo	8
conin	7
conto	7
cotan	7
danio	6
dicot	8
dicta	8
donna	6
nicad	8
niton	5
octad	8
octan	7
onion	5
ontic	7
ootid	6
tondi	6
tondo	6
tonic	7

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
action	8
anodic	9
anoint	6
atonic	8
cannot	8
canton	8
cation	8
conoid	9
dacoit	9
incant	8
nation	6
notion	6
tannic	8

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
actinon	9
contain	9
nonacid	10

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
anconoid	11
conation	10
donation	9

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
anticodon	12