MUCOPEPTIDE is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. MUCOPEPTIDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MUCOPEPTIDE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MUCOPEPTIDE is to know. It scores 20 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MUCOPEPTIDE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mucopeptidesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MUCOPEPTIDE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in MUCOPEPTIDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MUCOPEPTIDE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MUCOPEPTIDE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The substance forming the rigid wall of bacterial cells, made of sugar chains linked by short peptides.
Mucopeptide is an older biochemical name for the layer that gives bacteria their shape and makes it a target for antibiotics like penicillin. Modern texts usually prefer the term peptidoglycan.
How MUCOPEPTIDE is used
A dated biochemistry term, mostly in older papers.
- The antibiotic stops the bacterium building new mucopeptide.
- Mucopeptide makes up the stiff outer layer of the cell wall.
- An older textbook calls the wall polymer a mucopeptide.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MUCOPEPTIDE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MUCOPEPTIDE
1 longer words begin with MUCOPEPTIDE.
Shorter words from the letters in MUCOPEPTIDE
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Common questions about MUCOPEPTIDE
- Is MUCOPEPTIDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MUCOPEPTIDE, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MUCOPEPTIDE worth?
- MUCOPEPTIDE is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MUCOPEPTIDE mean?
- The substance forming the rigid wall of bacterial cells, made of sugar chains linked by short peptides.
- What letters can be added to MUCOPEPTIDE?
- MUCOPEPTIDE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of MUCOPEPTIDE:
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