LYASE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LYASE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LYASE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LYASE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LYASE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lyasesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LYASE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LYASE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does LYASE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalchemistry
An enzyme that catalyses the breaking of a chemical bond by a means other than hydrolysis or oxidation, often forming a double bond or a ring in the process.
Biochemists classify lyase among the six major enzyme categories, grouping together enzymes that split molecules apart, or join two molecules together, without needing water or an oxidation step the way hydrolases and oxidoreductases do. A typical lyase removes a small group such as carbon dioxide or water from a substrate, leaving behind a double bond, or catalyses the reverse addition reaction. Names of individual lyases usually end in -lyase, such as pyruvate decarboxylase acting as a lyase, making the family easy to recognise in scientific literature. The category sits at the heart of many metabolic pathways, including the citric acid cycle that cells use to release energy from food.
How LYASE is used
A technical term in biochemistry naming a class of enzymes, appearing mainly in scientific and educational writing rather than everyday speech.
- The lecture explained how a lyase removes carbon dioxide from a substrate.
- Researchers isolated a bacterial lyase active in glucose metabolism.
- Textbooks list lyase among the six main classes of enzymes.
- The enzyme functioned as a lyase, forming a new double bond.
- A defective lyase gene disrupted the cell's normal metabolism.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LYASE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LYASE
The 5 tiles of LYASE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LYASE
1 longer words begin with LYASE.
Shorter words from the letters in LYASE
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Common questions about LYASE
- Is LYASE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LYASE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LYASE worth?
- LYASE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LYASE mean?
- An enzyme that catalyses the breaking of a chemical bond by a means other than hydrolysis or oxidation, often forming a double bond or a ring in the process.
- What letters can be added to LYASE?
- LYASE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LYASE:
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