ALANYL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ALANYL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALANYL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALANYL is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALANYL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
alanylsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALANYL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ALANYL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What does ALANYL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
The chemical group that remains when the amino acid alanine takes part in a peptide bond.
Chemists name the building blocks of proteins in two forms: the free amino acid, and the group left once it is joined to a neighbour. Alanine becomes alanyl in the second case, and the name appears inside longer names of peptides such as alanyl-glycine. The ending -yl is the standard mark of a radical or group in organic nomenclature.
How ALANYL is used
Technical; used in biochemistry and in names of peptides.
- The name of the dipeptide begins with alanyl.
- An alanyl residue sits at the start of the chain.
- The enzyme attaches an alanyl unit to the molecule.
- In the formula, the alanyl group is drawn on the left.
- The textbook explains why alanyl ends in -yl.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALANYL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALANYL
The 6 tiles of ALANYL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ALANYL
1 longer words begin with ALANYL.
Shorter words from the letters in ALANYL
Common questions about ALANYL
- Is ALANYL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALANYL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALANYL worth?
- ALANYL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALANYL mean?
- The chemical group that remains when the amino acid alanine takes part in a peptide bond.
- What letters can be added to ALANYL?
- ALANYL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ALANYL:
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