ALLOSTERY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ALLOSTERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALLOSTERY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALLOSTERY is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALLOSTERY
No single letter turns ALLOSTERY into another word.
How ALLOSTERY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ALLOSTERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALLOSTERY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ALLOSTERY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The way an enzyme or protein changes shape and activity when a molecule binds at a site away from its main working area.
Allostery lets cells switch proteins up or down without altering the part that does the chemistry. It is a central idea behind feedback control in metabolism and behind many drug designs.
How ALLOSTERY is used
A biochemistry term, usually met in textbooks and papers about enzyme regulation and receptor drugs.
- Allostery explains how oxygen binding at one site of haemoglobin changes the others.
- The lecture compared allostery with direct competition at the active site.
- Researchers search for drugs that exploit allostery to tune a receptor gently.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALLOSTERY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALLOSTERY
The 9 tiles of ALLOSTERY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in ALLOSTERY
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Common questions about ALLOSTERY
- Is ALLOSTERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALLOSTERY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALLOSTERY worth?
- ALLOSTERY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALLOSTERY mean?
- The way an enzyme or protein changes shape and activity when a molecule binds at a site away from its main working area.
- What letters can be added to ALLOSTERY?
- No single letter can be added to ALLOSTERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ALLOSTERY:
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