AMINO is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. AMINO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMINO?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMINO is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMINO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
aminosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AMINO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AMINO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,682.
What does AMINO mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Relating to or containing the chemical group -NH2, found in amino acids and many other nitrogen compounds.
The amino group attaches to a carbon atom in an amino acid, and together with a carboxyl group it lets amino acids link together to form proteins. Chemists use amino as a prefix or adjective whenever they need to describe a compound built around this nitrogen-containing group. The word rarely appears alone outside its most familiar combination, amino acid.
How AMINO is used
Technical chemistry term, almost always encountered in the compound amino acid.
- Every protein in the body is built from amino acids.
- The amino group gives the molecule its basic chemical properties.
- Students memorized the structure of each amino acid.
- The supplement claimed to contain essential amino compounds.
- Researchers studied how the amino group affects protein folding.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMINO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AMINO
The 5 tiles of AMINO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with AMINO
22 longer words begin with AMINO.
Words ending in AMINO
2 words end in AMINO. Useful as a back hook: play AMINO onto a word already on the board.
Words with AMINO inside
23 words contain AMINO in the middle. Words that start with AMINO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AMINO
Common questions about AMINO
- Is AMINO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMINO, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMINO worth?
- AMINO is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMINO mean?
- Relating to or containing the chemical group -NH2, found in amino acids and many other nitrogen compounds.
- What letters can be added to AMINO?
- AMINO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AMINO:
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