ALDOSE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ALDOSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALDOSE?
| 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 ALDOSE is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALDOSE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
aldosesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALDOSE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ALDOSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,558.
What does ALDOSE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A simple sugar classified by having its reactive carbonyl group at the end of the carbon chain, forming an aldehyde, rather than in the middle as a ketone.
Aldoses are one of the two basic classes of simple sugars, distinguished from ketoses by the position of that reactive carbonyl group. Glucose, galactose and ribose are all familiar examples used constantly in biochemistry and nutrition. Chemists can identify a sugar as an aldose by testing whether it reduces certain metal ions in solution, a property that comes directly from the exposed aldehyde group at the end of the chain.
How ALDOSE is used
Chiefly a chemistry and biochemistry term, used when classifying sugars by their reactive functional group.
- Glucose is the best-known aldose in human metabolism.
- Chemists classify each aldose by counting the carbon atoms in its chain.
- An aldose reacts differently in solution than a ketose of the same size.
- The textbook diagram labels every aldose with its open-chain structure.
- Ribose, an aldose with five carbons, forms part of RNA.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALDOSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALDOSE
1 longer words begin with ALDOSE.
Shorter words from the letters in ALDOSE
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Common questions about ALDOSE
- Is ALDOSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALDOSE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALDOSE worth?
- ALDOSE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALDOSE mean?
- A simple sugar classified by having its reactive carbonyl group at the end of the carbon chain, forming an aldehyde, rather than in the middle as a ketone.
- What letters can be added to ALDOSE?
- ALDOSE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ALDOSE:
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