MANNOSE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. MANNOSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MANNOSE?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MANNOSE is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MANNOSE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mannosesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MANNOSE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in MANNOSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 154,394.
What does MANNOSE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A simple sugar of the hexose group that forms part of many plant and microbial polysaccharides.
Biochemists meet mannose mostly as a building block inside larger carbohydrate chains, not as a table sugar. It is a close structural relative of glucose, differing only in the arrangement at a single carbon atom.
How MANNOSE is used
The word appears in biochemistry and nutrition texts, where mannose is discussed as a component of glycoproteins.
- The lab extracted mannose from the plant gum before analysing its structure.
- Many yeast cell walls contain long chains rich in mannose.
- A supplement containing mannose is sometimes sold for urinary health.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MANNOSE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MANNOSE
1 longer words begin with MANNOSE.
Shorter words from the letters in MANNOSE
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Common questions about MANNOSE
- Is MANNOSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MANNOSE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MANNOSE worth?
- MANNOSE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MANNOSE mean?
- A simple sugar of the hexose group that forms part of many plant and microbial polysaccharides.
- What letters can be added to MANNOSE?
- MANNOSE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of MANNOSE:
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