Clines
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Plural of Cline, referring to the American geneticist Martin Cline who was the first to successfully transfer a functioning gene from one mouse to another.
“The history of gene therapy credits the Clines of mid-century science with establishing that gene transfer between animals was possible.”
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Six common letters with a clean vowel pattern, and CLINES tests C, L, I, N, E, and S in a single guess.
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Worth 8 points and though derived from a proper noun, it plays as a standard 6-letter word on the board.
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