CHYMOSIN is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. CHYMOSIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHYMOSIN?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHYMOSIN is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHYMOSIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chymosinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHYMOSIN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CHYMOSIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CHYMOSIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CHYMOSIN
- All 8 letters of CHYMOSIN are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CHYMOSIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The protease that clots milk protein, the key ingredient of rennet; now often produced by genetically modified microbes for cheesemaking.
Chymosin is the active ingredient that cheesemakers have long relied on to separate milk into curds and whey. It works in the stomach of a nursing calf so that milk stays there long enough to be digested.
How CHYMOSIN is used
Chymosin appears mainly in biochemistry and in writing about cheese production.
- Chymosin causes milk to curdle in a suckling calf.
- The dairy bought chymosin made by fermentation instead of calf stomach extract.
- Without chymosin the cheese would not set properly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHYMOSIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHYMOSIN
1 longer words begin with CHYMOSIN.
Shorter words from the letters in CHYMOSIN
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Common questions about CHYMOSIN
- Is CHYMOSIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHYMOSIN, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHYMOSIN worth?
- CHYMOSIN is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHYMOSIN mean?
- The protease that clots milk protein, the key ingredient of rennet; now often produced by genetically modified microbes for cheesemaking.
- What letters can be added to CHYMOSIN?
- CHYMOSIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CHYMOSIN:
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