mutation

1. An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.

2. Genetics A change of the DNA sequence within a gene or chromosome of an organism resulting in the creation of a new character or trait not found in the parental type.

3. Genetics A mutant.

4. Genetics The process by which such a change occurs in a chromosome, either through an alteration in the nucleotide sequence of the DNA coding for a gene or through a change in the physical arrangement of a chromosome.

5. Linguistics The change that is caused in a sound by its assimilation to another sound, such as umlaut.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
mutation	10	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ai	2
am	4
an	2
at	2
in	2
it	2
ma	4
mi	4
mo	4
mu	4
na	2
no	2
nu	2
oi	2
om	4
on	2
ta	2
ti	2
to	2
um	4
un	2
ut	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aim	5
ain	3
ait	3
ami	5
amu	5
ani	3
ant	3
att	3
ion	3
man	5
mat	5
moa	5
moi	5
mon	5
mot	5
mun	5
mut	5
nam	5
nim	5
nit	3
nom	5
not	3
nut	3
oat	3
oma	5
out	3
tam	5
tan	3
tao	3
tat	3
tau	3
tin	3
tit	3
tom	5
ton	3
tot	3
tui	3
tum	5
tun	3
tut	3
uni	3
uta	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
amin	6
anti	4
atom	6
aunt	4
auto	4
into	4
iota	4
main	6
mano	6
matt	6
maun	6
maut	6
mina	6
mint	6
mitt	6
moan	6
moat	6
mott	6
muni	6
muon	6
mutt	6
naoi	4
noma	6
nota	4
omit	6
tain	4
taut	4
tian	4
tint	4
toit	4
tout	4
tuna	4
unai	4
unit	4
unto	4

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
amino	7
amnio	7
matin	7
miaou	7
mount	7
muton	7
notum	7
onium	7
taint	5
tanto	5
taunt	5
tauon	5
titan	5
toman	7
natto	5

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
amount	8
manito	8
manitu	8
mattin	8
mutant	8
mutton	8
outman	8
titman	8

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
manitou	9
tinamou	9

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
mutation	10