ALANIN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ALANIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALANIN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALANIN is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALANIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALANIN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ALANIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 61,320.
What does ALANIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistryarchaic
An older spelling of alanine, a simple amino acid found in proteins and made naturally by the body.
Alanin was the spelling used in nineteenth and early twentieth century chemistry texts before the modern form alanine became standard, though both names refer to the same small, simple amino acid. The body produces it easily from other compounds and uses it as one of the building blocks of protein and as a source of energy during exercise. The older spelling still turns up in historical chemistry writing and in some word lists.
How ALANIN is used
A dated chemical spelling, now replaced by alanine in modern scientific writing.
- The old textbook lists alanin among the simplest amino acids.
- Chemists of that era wrote alanin where we would now write alanine.
- The paper's translator kept the original German spelling alanin.
- Alanin appears in several nineteenth-century chemistry glossaries.
- Modern students rarely see the spelling alanin outside older sources.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALANIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALANIN
3 longer words begin with ALANIN.
Shorter words from the letters in ALANIN
Common questions about ALANIN
- Is ALANIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALANIN, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALANIN worth?
- ALANIN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALANIN mean?
- An older spelling of alanine, a simple amino acid found in proteins and made naturally by the body.
- What letters can be added to ALANIN?
- ALANIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ALANIN:
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